This document provides a syllabus for a course on big data. The course introduces students to big data concepts like characteristics of data, structured and unstructured data sources, and big data platforms and tools. Students will learn data analysis using R software, big data technologies like Hadoop and MapReduce, mining techniques for frequent patterns and clustering, and analytical frameworks and visualization tools. The goal is for students to be able to identify domains suitable for big data analytics, perform data analysis in R, use Hadoop and MapReduce, apply big data to problems, and suggest ways to use big data to increase business outcomes.