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Data Wrangling Bootcamp: Turn Alien Data into AI

Learn Data Wrangling with Python and Pandas from scratch - no prior knowledge necessary! You'll tame and analyze messy real-world datasets (including real-world data on UFOs!), combine tables, automate transformations, preprocess data for AI & machine learning, and turn raw data into useful real-world results for the AI Age.

28 hours 2 projects 198 + lessons

Rated 4.9 out of 5 on Trustpilot

Rated 4.9 out of 5 on Trustpilot

20 Days

Average time students take to complete this course.

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Taught by: Travis Cuzick
Last updated: September 2026
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What you'll learn

  • Turn messy real-world data into clean, analysis-ready datasets
  • Quickly explore unfamiliar files and spot problems before they cause trouble
  • Filter, sort, group, and reshape data to uncover useful insights
  • Clean up missing values, duplicates, messy text, and awkward dates
  • Combine multiple datasets confidently with joins and concatenation
  • Build flexible transformations with custom functions, map, and apply
  • Use AI to debug errors, generate code, and learn new techniques faster
  • Prepare data for machine learning, feature engineering, and AI models

Data shows up everywhere — in business, research, finance, marketing, operations, tech, and everyday decision-making. The problem is, it rarely arrives clean and ready to use!

This course teaches you one of the most valuable and vital skills in the tech world today: how to take messy, confusing data and turn it into something clear, structured, and useful that can be used to train generative AI and machine learning models.

You’ll learn how to explore unfamiliar datasets, clean up common problems, combine information from different sources, work with text and dates, and create your own transformations.

You’ll also discover how AI tools can help you troubleshoot errors, write code faster, and learn new techniques along the way.

Finally, you’ll see where data wrangling leads next. You’ll prepare data for scikit-learn, engineer useful features, fine-tune a Transformer, and turn your work into a shareable web application.

What's the bottom line?

This course is not about making you just watch along so that when you are done with the course you don’t know what to do other than watch another tutorial... No!

This course will push you and challenge you to go from an absolute data beginner and turn you into a Data Professional primed for the age of AI 💪.

How do we know?

Because thousands of Zero To Mastery graduates have gotten hired and are now working at companies like Google, Tesla, Amazon, Apple, IBM, JP Morgan, Facebook, Shopify + other top tech companies.

They come from all different backgrounds, ages, and experiences. Many even started as complete beginners.

So there's no reason it can't be you too.

And you have nothing to lose. Because you can start learning right now and if this course isn't everything you expected, we'll refund you 100% within 30 days. No hassles and no questions asked.

Who You Will Learn With

You're getting more than just a course

Our instructors, TAs, Mentors, Alumni, and fellow students go above and beyond to help guide you and ensure you're on the right path to achieve your goals. Our private ZTM Discord server is a key factor in taking your skills, confidence and career to the next level.

What you'll build

The best way you learn is by doing. Not just watching endless tutorials. That's why a key part of this course is the exercises you'll complete and the massive real-world project that you'll get to build. Plus it'll look great on your portfolio.

Create a Churn Prediction Model Built with scikit-learn

Create a Churn Prediction Model Built with scikit-learn

A course-long, hands-on data wrangling challenge using a messy real-world customer churn dataset. Students progressively clean, reshape, and analyze the data as they learn new techniques, culminating in a churn prediction model built with scikit-learn.

Train & Fine-Tune an AI Model and Deploy Your Own AI Application

Train & Fine-Tune an AI Model and Deploy Your Own AI Application

Wrangle real-world tabular data into the format a Transformer-based AI model requires, fine-tune the model for your purposes, and build a shareable Gradio web app to showing how strong data preparation can turn messy data into a practical AI application!

Course curriculum

To make sure this course is a good fit for you, you can start learning Data Wrangling for free right now by clicking any of the PREVIEW links below.

25 sections198 lessons28 hours total length

Section 01: Introduction

5 lectures · 4min
5 lectures · 4min

Introduction·4:20

4:20
PREVIEW

Exercise: Meet Your Classmates and Instructor

PREVIEW

Understanding Your Video Player

PREVIEW

Set Your Learning Streak Goal

PREVIEW

Course Resources

PREVIEW

Section 02: Data Wrangling 101

4 lectures · 16min
4 lectures · 16min

Section 03: Programming Basics for Data Wrangling

21 lectures · 3hr 7min
21 lectures · 3hr 7min

Section 04: DataFrames and Datasets

13 lectures · 1hr 12min
13 lectures · 1hr 12min

Section 05: Series

8 lectures · 1hr 5min
8 lectures · 1hr 5min

Section 06: Exploratory Data Analysis with Pandas

10 lectures · 1hr 29min
10 lectures · 1hr 29min

Section 07: AI Tools in Colab

11 lectures · 1hr 34min
11 lectures · 1hr 34min

Section 08: Data Wrangling Project - Phase 1

3 lectures · 11min
3 lectures · 11min

Section 09: Indexing and Sorting

7 lectures · 1hr 12min
7 lectures · 1hr 12min

Section 10: Selecting Data with Criteria

9 lectures · 1hr 46min
9 lectures · 1hr 46min

Who is Zero To Mastery Academy for?

You'll fit right in if:

You're struggling to make progress using free tutorials that aren't giving you the structure or clear path to achieving your goals.
You don't want to learn alone. You want personalized feedback, support, and motivation from instructors and mentors and want to be part of a supportive community of like-minded individuals.
You want to learn by doing. You're excited to embrace the struggle of making mistakes that comes with building real-world projects you'll be proud of.
You're sick of outdated & boring tutorials. We pride ourselves on having the most up-to-date (and fun!) courses in the industry so that you're not wasting your time and only learning what matters right now.
You can't afford to spend $8,000+ on over priced bootcamps and colleges. We got you. We'll help you go from zero to hired for less than the cost of a cup of coffee a day.
You're ready to embrace AI. You're excited to go beyond basic prompt tricks and hacks and learn the latest AI tools and skills.

We're not for you if:

You're just going to watch the lessons and take no action. Our courses are all about getting your hands dirty with exercises and putting what you're learning into action by building fun and impressive real-world projects.
You're not ready to invest in yourself by taking the time to deeply learn a topic or you're just looking for the cheapest way to learn.
You don't think fundamentals matter anymore because AI can do everything for you. Understanding the fundamentals and how things really work will always be important.
You think AI is going to replace you and think there's nothing you can do about it. Well, if you keep wasting time not learning AI tools & skills, you're probably right. Or you embrace them, and 2x your productivity (and your income).
You think influencers on YouTube are the experts and would rather watch superficial videos that get a lot of views to learn. Our courses are taught by actual industry experts.

Meet your instructor

Your Data Wrangling instructor (Travis) isn't just an expert with years of real-world professional experience. He has been in your shoes. He makes learning fun. He makes complex topics feel simple. He will motivate you. He will push you. And he will go above and beyond to help you succeed.

Travis Cuzick

Hi, I'm Travis Cuzick!

Travis has been architecting and coding data solutions for well over a decade and for some of the biggest companies on the Fortune 500. Travis aims to make the learning process as efficient, intuitive, and fun (yes, fun!) for his students as possible.

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Travis Cuzick

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Frequently Asked Questions

Are there any prerequisites for this course?

  • None! This course will teach you everything you need to know to go from zero to a Data Professional.

Who is this course for?

  • Total beginners looking to become a Data Professional
  • AI/ML Engineers looking to advance their skills
  • Students who are interested in going beyond a normal "beginner" Data Wrangling courses
  • Anyone who is interested in learning an in-demand tech skills
  • Business Intelligence Analysts, Data Scientists, Developers, Business Analysts, Product Managers, Sales/Marketers, and anyone who uses data to make business decisions
  • Anyone who wants to work in the fields of artificial intelligence, machine learning, business intelligence, data analysis, and/or data science
  • Programmers who want to accelerate their career by adding data skills to their toolkit

Do you provide a certificate of completion?

We definitely do and they are quite nice. You will also be able to add Zero To Mastery Academy to the education section of your LinkedIn profile as well.

Can I use the course projects in my portfolio & resume?

Yes, you’d be crazy not to! We help you build really impressive projects and all projects are downloadable and ready to use the minute you join. They are also customizable so you can make them your own.

Many of our students tell us the projects they built while following along with our courses were what got them interviews & jobs! Because they were able to build the projects themselves, they could confidently explain and walk through their work during the interview.

You know what that means? Job offer!

Are there subtitles?

Yes! We have high quality subtitles in 6 different languages: English, Spanish, French, German, Arabic, and Hindi.

You can even adjust the text size, color, background and more so that the subtitles are perfect just for you!

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