Book List
These are some of the books we either use in classes I teach, or I use as reference material. These are NOT all books that you would need.
My goal is to mindmap and connect resources to all of them - which is an insane amount of work :)
Database Design for Mere Mortals
Fundamentals of Data Engineering
Business Intelligence, Analytics, Data Science, and AI 5th
Murach’s Python Programming
Murach’s Python Programming for Data Science
Expert Data Modeling with PowerBI
Deciphering Data Architectures
Data Smart
Data Modeling with Microsoft Power BI
Essential Math for Data Science
The above isn’t an exhaustive list of the books I think are good reference/learning materials, but they are books I like.
Over time, I’ll try to add to the list and/or edit it to keep it up-to-date
| 23-Jun | 41666 | CPSY 205 | Murach's Python Programming (2nd Edition) |
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| 23-Jun | 41666 | CPSY 205 | Murach's Python for Data Analysis |
| 3-Jul | 41667 | CPSY 207 | Microsoft Excel Data Analysis and Business Modeling (Office 2021 and Microsoft 365) |
| 3-Jul | 41667 | CPSY 207 | DP-203T00: Data Engineering on Microsoft Azure, Cloud Express Pass |
7/14/2025 5/23/2025 | 41668 | CPSY 209 PROJ212 | Expert Data Modeling with Power BI: Enrich and optimize your data models to get the best out of Power BI for reporting and business needs, 2nd Edition |
| 14-Jul | 41668 | CPSY 209 | DP-700 Microsoft Fabric Data Engineer Lab |
7/28/2025 5/23/2025 | 41682 | MMGT 206 PROJ212 | Mastering Microsoft Power BI: Expert techniques to create interactive insights for effective data analytics and business intelligence, 2nd Edition |
| 28-Jul | 41682 | MMGT 206 | PL 300 Microsoft Power BI Data Analyst |