I don't know data science topics, but I can tell you a friend of mine was working on a Computer Science BS while I was in Lambda Schools CS section. He had a semester each on Algorithms and Data Structures. I had 1 month on those 2 + Graphs. At the end of my month, I was teaching him these things because his Data Structures class was basically SQL.
I can't directly answer your question, but I'm sure the answer has something to do with figuring out and teaching the base requirements of the topic, methodically, with well experienced industry professionals.