Social Data Science

CSUDH

Programming
R
Data Science
Data Visualization
Reproducibility
Social Science
Undergraduate/graduate course on data science skills and theory for social scientists
Note

I designed and piloted this course in 2025 and it is currently being re-designed to include community-engaged learning. I hope it will be offered again in Spring 2027.

This course teaches computer-based data science skills that are increasingly important in the social sciences, including fundamental programming concepts, data wrangling and visualization in R, and writing reproducible data reports with Quarto. It emphasizes open science practice and theory, teaching readily implementable skills for research and many career types. The course is taught with an active, hands-on approach and is designed to be accessible to students without any prior programming experience.

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Interested in this course? Iā€™m happy to share materials ā€“ please reach out to me!