Capstone Project
In this capstone course, students will harness the comprehensive skill set developed throughout their Master of Computational Social Science (MaCSS) program to undertake a significant analytical project with real-world applications. Students will work in small teams, but on individual projects, and will experience work practices such as pair-programming, rubber-ducking, white-boarding, coding with an AI co-pilot, and collaborative analysis review practices. Accessing public data sources and interacting with organizations that do work in this field, students will produce a comprehensive, well-documented portfolio project that demonstrates their capability to contribute useful tools or insights to the field of social sciences.
Prerequisites & course information
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Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027