— Social Science with Online Data

Prerequisites & course information

Course Description: Survey of web-driven social science and its methods. Focus on web scraping and social media API’s. Covers wrangling and analysis of data from social networks, online experiments, and other digital traces. Python programming skills helpful, but not assumed. Learning Activities: Extensive Problem Solving, Web Virtual Lecture 1 hour(s), Web Electronic Discussion 1.50 hour(s). Enrollment Restriction(s): Pass One open to Communication majors only. Grade Mode: Letter. General Education: Social Sciences (SS); Quantitative Literacy (QL); Scientific Literacy (SL). Learning Activities: Extensive Problem Solving, Web Virtual Lecture 1 hour(s), Web Electronic Discussion 1.50 hour(s). Enrollment Restriction(s): Pass One open to Communication majors only. Grade Mode: Letter. General Education: Social Sciences (SS); Quantitative Literacy (QL); Scientific Literacy (SL).