Info Literacy & Comm in Data Science

0.5 credits · Graduate

This course is designed to familiarize graduate students in the data sciences with suitable genres of academic writing and communication. Part of the course will also focus on information literacy in the field, to help students better locate and evaluate the information they will need to utilize in their research. Other parts of the course will provide students with a suitable rhetorical approach to writing in scientific disciplines. Students will have opportunities to improve their existing writing and communication skills in these genres and develop a deeper comprehension of effective communication. The course will also provide opportunities to learn how to be an effective reviewer and editor, since students will be asked to evaluate the written communication of others.