Data Science and Global Studies

2 credits · Undergraduate

This course will examine data science ideas in the context of Global Studies. The class will teach students to work actively with data and to interpret and critique their analyses of data. Students will learn to leverage data science skills in relation to explicit ways of knowledge creation; utilize tools in basic data literacy, including misuse of statistics, intentional and unintentional; examine ways of text and natural language processing concepts through cases related to different areas of Global Studies specifically, and social sciences generally; examine complex factors that influence the way we learn, build and interpret data. Topics vary by instructor.