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Computing for the Social Sciences

Program(s): Undergraduate Courses

*Taught Online*  This is an applied course for social scientists with little-to-no programming experience who wish to harness growing digital and computational resources. The focus of the course is on analyzing data and generating reproducible research through the use of the programming language R and version control software. Topics include coding concepts (e.g., data structures, control structures, functions, etc.), data visualization, data wrangling and cleaning, exploratory data analysis, etc. Major emphasis is placed on a pragmatic understanding of core principles of programming and packaged implementations of methods.

Remote or Residential

✓ Remote Course

 

Course Considerations

For UChicago students: 

This course is cross-listed with CHDV 30511, ENST 20550, MACS 30500, MAPS 30500, PLSC 30235, PSYC 30510, SOCI 20278, SOCI 40176. This course is open to all undergraduates and is included in the Summer Institute in Social Research Methods.

This course is an approved elective in the Environmental Studies major and minor. It is an approved methods course for the Public Policy Studies major. It also is an approved elective for the Latin American and Caribbean Studies major and the Sociology major. This course may be approved as an elective for additional majors by petition.

Course Overview

Start Date

June 10

End Date

July 12

Current Grade / Education Level

Undergrad / Grad

Program

Undergraduate Courses

Class Details

Course Code

MACS 30500 91

Class Day(s)

Mon Tues Wed Thurs

Class Duration (CST)

9:30

11:30 A.M.

Session

Session I

Course Length

5 weeks

Primary Instructor

Sabrina Nardin

Academic Interest

Math and Computer Science
Social Sciences (e.g., history, sociology)