School of Global Policy and Strategy - Skills Courses (2021)
Introduction:
This course will introduce you the R programming language and how to use R to work with data from GapMinder, Python programming language and how to use Python and the Jupyter Notebook to work with data, and the best practices in data management, preparation and representation, including the basics of data in spreadsheets, SQL and using the Unix Shell. In order to earn a certificate of proficiency, you must attend all of the class meetings for the course, do the short coding assignments, and pass the short, in-class quiz at the end of the course. See the workshop website for more details and schedule.
Topics:
- R
- Python
- Data Management
- SQL
- Unix Shell
Dates
- R: January 4 - January 21, 2021 (Tuesday & Thursday @ 12:30 PM - 1:50 PM)
- Python: January 25 - February 11, 2021 (12:30 PM - 1:50 PM)
- Data Management: February 16 - March 4, 2021 (12:30 PM - 1:50 PM)
Location
School of Global Policy and Strategy, 9500 Gilman Drive, #0519, La Jolla, CA (Zoom)
Staff
Instructors
- Rick Mccosh (OBGYN-Repro Sci)
- Stephanie Labou (UCSD/Library)
- Kimberly Thomas (RITS)
- Harry Zhao (RITS)
- Mary Linn Bergstrom (UCSD/Library)
- Reid Otsuji (UCSD/Library)
- Chi Gao (GPS)
Helpers
- Reid Otsuji (UCSD/Library)
- Kimberly Thomas (UCSD/RITS)
- Harry Zhao (RITS)
- Rick Mccosh (OBGYN/Reprod. Sci)
- Stephanie Labou (UCSD/Library)
- TA: Chi Gao (GPS)
Audience
GPS graduate students (do not need to have any previous knowledge of programming or the tools presented in the course to attend).