Gov 2430: Data Science to Save the World

Semester: Fall
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Year offered: 2013
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Professor:
Lecture-Lab:
Thursdays, 4-6pm, CGIS K-107
Office Hours:
4-6pm on Tuesdays, CGIS Knafel 310

Course Description

This course explores ways to create and use technology to assess and solve real-world societal, political and governance problems. Case studies involve real-world data (e.g., twitter, online ads, and images). Teaching-learning occurs in a hands-on lab format.

There is no required textbook for this course. Instead, we will provide any course handouts on this, the course web site.