Foundations of Data Science

The Math Lab offers free MATH 108 tutoring in person and virtually through a team of professional teaching assistants and trained student tutors.

Math Lab Details

• The Math Lab is located in JDVL 808 on the north side of the Ocean Avenue Campus just off Judson Ave.
• The Math Lab's Spring 2025 in-person tutoring hours are:
  • Monday through Thursday from 9:00 am until 5:00 pm
  • Friday from 9:00 am until 2:00 pm.

Math Lab Staff Supporting MATH 108

• Arun Ayyasamy, Calvin Chen, Charles Hutchins, Ed Lee, Jesús Flores Sánchez, and Sophia Sun support MATH 108.
• Here is the general schedule for the Math Lab tutors who support MATH 108. Keep in mind that this schedule is subject to change.
  
• There are some virtual appointments with the Math Lab tutors:
  • Use the Canvas Calendar through the Online Math Lab course shell to find and make appointments.
  • Consult the Canvas Student Help Guide on how to find and make appointments.
  • Tutors will update their online availability weekly.

Online Math Lab

The Math Lab offers student services online, too! Self-enroll in the Online Math Lab canvas shell to access course-specific resources such as guided learning activities and to make a virtual appointment with our tutors. These resources include support for courses in Pre-Algebra, Beginning Algebra, Intermediate Algebra, and Pre-statistics.

Math Lab Coordinator

For more information about the Math Lab, contact Charles Hutchins, the Math Lab Coordinator, at 415-452-5575 or chutchin@ccsf.edu.

Data Ambassadors offer assignment support sessions through Zoom and in person. Additionally, they provide mentorship about studying Data Science beyond MATH 108 and the transfer process. These ambassadors consist of former community college students currently studying at UC Berkeley along with current CCSF students and staff. The weekly meeting details will be posted in the Canvas Calendar.

For questions or comments about this program, please contact Kseniya Usovich (k_usovich@berkeley.edu) or Shawn Wiggins (swiggins@ccsf.edu)

You can find all of the past exams and a few other publicly available resources on the DATA 8 course page.

For the past few years, students like you have collaborated to create and maintain a student-focused Discord channel. The original intention of the channel was to create a space just for students to work on the course material and connect over all things related to Data Science. You will find current students needing help and some other students offering help. Past students tend to drop by to volunteer their time to help you now and then. You might see some of the tutors stop by when their schedules allow. Our Math Lab tutor Ed Lee is the current channel administrator

• Join the Discord Channel
• Open the Math 108 Data Science Discord Channel

As a MATH 108 student at CCSF, you have access to supplemental training on the DataCamp platform at no charge. Using your @mail.ccsf.edu Google account, join our group and participate anytime between January 9th and July 9th. The Data Science Coordinator at CCSF has set up a few "assignments" to help guide your learning toward some relevant career paths. Message Shawn Wiggins (swiggins@ccsf.edu), if you are having any issues accessing this benefit. Contact DataCamp directly if you are having any issues with their content or platform.

• DataCamp Team Invite Link
• DataCamp Assignments

As you work on the assignments in this class, you may want to reference some of the following items:

• datascience Documentation
• Jupyter Notebook Documentation
• PEP8 Python Style Guide
• PEP 20 – The Zen of Python
• Codecademy: Python Reference Doc

The CCSF Computer Science department has a group of amazing student tutors focused on supporting CS courses. MATH 108 can sometimes feel like an introductory programming class, so you might find support through the students with coding in Python. Student tutors that have indicated the courses CS 10, CS 110A, CS 131B, and/or CS 231 on the Computer Science Tutor Squad website should be able to help you with the Python programming that we do, but you should keep in mind that they may not be familiar with the Data Science applications of our work and the Jupyter notebook format.

For more information about the Tutor Squad, visit or contact Jonathan Potter at jpotter@ccsf.edu.

Canvas is the learning management system used for MATH 108 and many other courses at CCSF. Here are some resources to help you navigate and use Canvas effectively:

• 24/7 Chat
• Student Guides

City College offers many academic, financial, health, and support services to help you succeed here and beyond. Visit the Student Services page for the available resources.

If you find that a resource is missing or out of date, please message Shawn Wiggins (swiggins@ccsf.edu) with the details.