Course Schedule

Dates and topics are tentative.

Class schedule · Autumn 2026
Class	Date	Topic
1	Sep 30, 2026	Introduction to the Analytics Mindset and Skillset
2	Oct 5, 2026	Introduction to the Extract, Transform and Load (ETL) Process
3	Oct 7, 2026	The ETL process: Extraction from APIs
4	Oct 12, 2026	The ETL process: Relational Databases
5	Oct 14, 2026	The ETL Process: Introduction to Transforming data
6	Oct 19, 2026	The ETL Process: Advanced Data Transformations
7	Oct 21, 2026	The ETL Process: Regular Expressions
8	Oct 26, 2026	The ETL Process: Text Analytics
9	Oct 28, 2026	Financial Screening and Signal Construction
10	Nov 2, 2026	Data Veracity and Validation
11	Nov 4, 2026	Financial Information as Data: 10-Ks and SEC Filings
12	Nov 9, 2026	LLMs and Financial Information
13	Nov 16, 2026	Evaluating LLM Outputs and Building Evidence
14	Nov 18, 2026	SEC Comment Letters and Regulatory Analytics
15	Nov 23, 2026	Short Selling and Forensic Financial Analysis
16	Nov 30, 2026	Combining Structured and Unstructured Evidence
17	Dec 2, 2026	Advanced Financial Analytics / Case Investigation
18	Dec 7, 2026	From Analytics to Automated/Agentic Workflows
19	Dec 9, 2026	Integration and Final Project Preparation