Data Science Open House Galvanize Seattle May 20, 2015

1. D ATA S C I E N C E
I M M E R S I V E
Ryan Orban
@ryanorban
ryan.orban@galvanize.com

2. Building the modern, educational campus
for digital innovators and entrepreneurs

3. • 12 weeks
• 93% Placement Rate
• $115K Median Starting Salary
• Increase in Salary - 1.8x
D ATA S C I E N C E
I M M E R S I V E
www.galvanize.com/courses/data-science/

4. STRUCTURED CURRICULUM
HIRING
DAY
CAPSTONE
PROJECT
GRADUATION
1 8 11 12
INTERVIEW
PREP
Program Timeline

5. Statistics
Statistical Distributions
(Non) Parametric Tests
Significance &
Hypothesis Testing
Bayesian Methods
Mathematics
Linear Algebra
Multivariable Calculus
Graph Theory
Probability
Supervised
(SVM, Random Forest)
NLP / Information Retrieval
Machine Learning
Validation, Model
Comparison
Unsupervised
(Clustering, Topic
Modeling)
Distributed Computing
Algorithms & Data
Structures
Data Visualization
Data Munging
Software Engineering

7. • $16,000 Tuition
• Option to purchase 8GB MacBook Air with
education discount.
• Access to Lending Partners to help finance
tuition over 3-year period at low interest rate.
• Upfront payment of $2,000 only. Remaining
tuition can be financed with lending partner.
• Partial scholarships available.
TUITION & PAYMENT PLANS

8. 1. Initial Screening
Get to know you. Answer questions.
2. Take Home Pre-Challenge
Coding & statistics challenge. Python, SQL, and small
statistics problem. Estimated time: 2 hours.
3. Interview #1 - Technical
Pair programming interview with a DS instructor on Skype.
4. Interview #2 - Data Science
Remote interview with a DS instructor on Skype. Designed
to test your ability to see patterns, think on your feet, and
communicate your ideas.
DATA SCIENCE
ADMISSIONS PROCESS

9. • Galvanize aims to help individuals from all
backgrounds join the tech industry by creating
an on-ramp for students with ambition and an
aptitude to learn.
• Women, people who identify as LGBT,
veterans and other underrepresented people
in technology.
• Partial scholarships from $1000-$5000
• Applications considered after admission into
program.
GALVANIZE DIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP

10. H I R I N G PA RT N E R S

11. S A N F R A N C I S C O
S O M A July 20th

12. D E N V E R
P L AT T E July 6th

13. S E AT T L E
P I O N E E R S Q U A R E July 13th

14. H O S T Y O U R E V E N T AT G A LVA N I Z E
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15. Boulder
B E C O M E A M E M B E R
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16. D ATA S C I E N C E
Ryan Orban
ryan.orban@galvanize.com