SOC 388: Social Data Science

Course Description

This course introduces students to techniques for collecting large amounts of digital data (“Big Data”) for social analysis. The course will primarily focus on analyzing text-based data (such as social media) and data visualization, and students will become proficient in the R programming language. The course will provide practical, hands-on experience and requires no prior computer programming knowledge. Prerequisites: SOC 101 or instructor consent. Recommended: SOC 281 or similar statistics course.