Computing for the Social Sciences
Course Code
MACS 30500 91
Cross Listed Course Code(s)
CHDV 30511, ENST 20550, MACS 20500, MAPS 30500, PLSC 30235, PSYC 30510, SOCI 20278, SOCI 40176, SOSC 26032
Course Description
This is an applied course for social scientists with little-to-no programming experience who wish to harness growing digital and computational resources. The course focuses 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. You will leave the course with basic computational and R skills. While not becoming expert programmer, you will gain the knowledge of how to adapt and expand these skills as they are presented with new questions, methods, and data.
Course Criteria
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.
Instructor(s)
Jean Clipperton
UChicago Registration 11 UChicago students can self-register.
2 Visiting students and pre-college students apply through the same application.
Session
Session 1
Course Dates
June 16th - July 18th
Class Days
Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu
Class Time
9:30 am - 11:30 am
Course Code
MACS 30500 91
Modality
Remote