The Informatics program is excited to offer a new course this winter.
INFO 201: Technical Foundations of Informatics.
INFO
201 will introduce students to the tools and technologies necessary to
transform data into knowledge. This class does not have prerequisites
and no previous programming experience is required.
We hope to attract students from a variety of disciplines
This
course will cover the full “lifecycle of information” and the current
technologies used to improve it: how information is created from raw
data, how it is collected and stored, methods of
analysis and visualization, and how it may be re-used to generate new
information.
Students
will also gain technical skills through real-world, data-driven
projects that may be applied to areas ranging from social sciences to
digital humanities. Core competencies developed
will include functional programming, use of databases, data wrangling,
understanding of version control, and command line proficiency.
Please note that INFO 201 is listed as INFO 498F on the Winter time schedule. Even though it’s listed as a
400-level course, students can rest assured that this is indeed an introductory course.
INFO 498F (201): Technical Foundationf of Informatics
SLN: 15635 // 5 Credits // WF 1:30-3:20 // MGH 389 // Prof. Michael Freeman
