| Date | Topic |
|---|---|
| Wed, Jan 14, 2026 | First day of classes (Monday classes begin - no MPHY 6120) (No lecture) |
| Mon, Jan 19, 2026 | MLK Day - No Class (No lecture) |
| Tue, Jan 20, 2026 | Start of Module 0 - Course Introduction & The Field Guide Mindset |
| Tue, Jan 20, 2026 | Module 0: Course Introduction & Field Guide Mindset |
| Wed, Jan 21, 2026 | Start of Module 1 - Python & Development Environment |
| Wed, Jan 21, 2026 | Module 1: Python Environment & Development Setup |
| Tue, Jan 27, 2026 | Course Selection Period Ends |
| Tue, Jan 27, 2026 | Module 1: Git, Notebooks & Medical Data Landscape |
| Wed, Jan 28, 2026 | Start of Module 2 - Structured Clinical Data & Exploratory Data Analysis |
| Wed, Jan 28, 2026 | Homework 1 - Python & Environment Setup is due |
| Wed, Jan 28, 2026 | Module 2: Clinical Tabular Data & EDA |
| Tue, Feb 3, 2026 | Module 2: Data Cleaning & Preprocessing |
| Wed, Feb 4, 2026 | Module 2: Feature Engineering & Class Imbalance |
| Tue, Feb 10, 2026 | Start of Module 3 - Medical Imaging Data |
| Tue, Feb 10, 2026 | Module 3: DICOM Fundamentals (Guest Lecture) |
| Wed, Feb 11, 2026 | Homework 2 - Exploratory Data Analysis & Clinical Data is due |
| Wed, Feb 11, 2026 | Module 3: Imaging Coordinate Systems (Guest Lecture) |
| Tue, Feb 17, 2026 | Module 3: NIfTI & Research Formats |
| Wed, Feb 18, 2026 | Module 3: MONAI Framework |
| Mon, Feb 23, 2026 | Drop Period Ends |
| Tue, Feb 24, 2026 | Module 3: Medical Imaging Applications |
| Wed, Feb 25, 2026 | Start of Module 4 - Machine Learning Foundations |
| Wed, Feb 25, 2026 | Homework 3 - DICOM & Medical Imaging Fundamentals is due |
| Wed, Feb 25, 2026 | Module 4: ML Fundamentals — Regression & Classification |
| Tue, Mar 3, 2026 | Start of Module 6 - Midterm Project |
| Tue, Mar 3, 2026 | Module 4: Evaluation Metrics & Cross-Validation |
| Wed, Mar 4, 2026 | Homework 4 - Machine Learning for Clinical Prediction is due |
| Wed, Mar 4, 2026 | Module 4: Model Selection & Interpretability; Midterm Kickoff |
| Sat, Mar 7, 2026 | Spring Break Begins |
| Tue, Mar 10, 2026 | Spring Break - No Class (No lecture) |
| Wed, Mar 11, 2026 | Spring Break - No Class (No lecture) |
| Sun, Mar 15, 2026 | Spring Break Ends |
| Mon, Mar 16, 2026 | Classes Resume |
| Tue, Mar 17, 2026 | Midterm Project Due is due |
| Tue, Mar 17, 2026 | Module 6: Midterm Presentations |
| Wed, Mar 18, 2026 | Start of Module 5 - Deep Learning for Medical Imaging |
| Wed, Mar 18, 2026 | Module 5: Neural Networks & Backpropagation |
| Mon, Mar 23, 2026 | Grade Mode Change Deadline |
| Tue, Mar 24, 2026 | Module 5: CNNs & Transfer Learning |
| Wed, Mar 25, 2026 | Module 5: U-Net & Medical Image Segmentation |
| Mon, Mar 30, 2026 | Last day to withdraw from a course |
| Tue, Mar 31, 2026 | Module 5: Training Deep Learning Models |
| Wed, Apr 1, 2026 | Start of Module 7 - Clinical Text & NLP Foundations |
| Wed, Apr 1, 2026 | Midterm Project is due |
| Wed, Apr 1, 2026 | Module 7: Clinical NLP Foundations |
| Tue, Apr 7, 2026 | Module 7: Text Processing & Word Embeddings |
| Wed, Apr 8, 2026 | Start of Module 8 - Large Language Models in Medicine |
| Wed, Apr 8, 2026 | Homework 5 - Deep Learning for Medical Image Classification is due |
| Wed, Apr 8, 2026 | Module 8: Transformers & Large Language Models |
| Tue, Apr 14, 2026 | Module 8: LLMs in Clinical Settings |
| Wed, Apr 15, 2026 | Start of Module 9 - Model Evaluation & Explainability |
| Wed, Apr 15, 2026 | Homework 6 - Clinical NLP & Large Language Models is due |
| Wed, Apr 15, 2026 | Module 8: Prompting & Retrieval-Augmented Generation |
| Tue, Apr 21, 2026 | Start of Module 10 - Governance, Regulatory & Deployment |
| Tue, Apr 21, 2026 | Module 9: Model Evaluation, Calibration & Explainability |
| Wed, Apr 22, 2026 | Start of Module 11 - Final Projects & Presentations |
| Wed, Apr 22, 2026 | Homework 7 - Model Evaluation & Explainability is due |
| Wed, Apr 22, 2026 | Module 10: Governance, Regulatory & Deployment |
| Tue, Apr 28, 2026 | Module 11: Final Presentations Day 1 |
| Wed, Apr 29, 2026 | Last day of classes |
| Wed, Apr 29, 2026 | Module 11: Final Presentations Day 2 |