This document provides an introduction to the CSE5243 Intro to Data Mining course at Ohio State University. It outlines the course schedule, textbook, work and grading. The course covers various topics in data mining including what data mining is, why it is used, the types of data and patterns that can be mined, technologies used, applications, and issues. Major data mining functions include classification, clustering, association rule mining, outlier analysis, and analysis of structured/network data.