This course provides students with the introduction to the necessary informatics and intellectual tools to become efficient and effective information users. The course covers topics related to the digital infrastructure, acquisition, organization, management, and curation of data. The course is structured around the Python tools for regular expression analysis, accessing data sources (crawling, Web APIs), analysis of structured data. At the end of the class the students complete a project to demonstrate the mastery of the technical topics discussed in class with an application to their domain of interest.
Some general info about the class:
Course Location: Namm N-0920
Section: Mon/Wed 8:00 a.m. – 9:40 a.m. ET/USA
Online: Class will be in person unless otherwise specified. If the class is online, a zoom link will be provided ahead of time.
Instructor: Shivani Sheth
Instructor Email: shivanisheth20@gmail.com (will be updated to a cuny email soon)
Office Hours: Tentatively Fridays 8:00am-9:00am and 4:00pm-6:00pm. or as scheduled. Office hours will be held over zoom (link to be added soon)
Alternative Meeting: If you cannot make office hours, have an urgent matter to discuss, or want to speak in private, you can make an appointment with me here. Generally I am available outside of regular working hours, but please allow 1-2 days notice (aka don’t book a meeting for the same day – I will not see it in time) https://calendly.com/profshivanisheth/office-hours
