Overview

Please find descriptions for our course sessions here - you will also find resources that will help you prepare for each session.

SessionDateTopic
Session 1August 24Course Introduction
Session 2August 26What is a Neighborhood?
Session 3August 31Introduction to R: Starting with Data
Session 4September 2Introduction to R: Manipulating Data
Session 5September 7Introduction to R: Describing Places
Session 6September 9Introduction to R: Describing Places
Session 7September 14Visualizing Places
Session 8September 16Visualizing Places
Session 9September 21Reasoning With and Writing About Numbers and Data
Session 10September 23Finding the Story in Data
Session 11September 28From Data to Places
Session 12September 30From Data to Places
Session 13October 5Population and Census Data
Session 14October 7Population and Census Data
Session 15October 12Individual Advising and Independent Work
Session 16October 14Individual Advising and Independent Work
Session 17October 19Population Distributions and Segregation
Session 18October 21Population Distributions and Segregation
Session 19October 26Neighborhood Change
Session 20October 28Neighborhood Change
Session 21November 2Neighborhood Change
Session 22November 4Neighborhood Change
Session 23November 2Measuring Place Opportunity
Session 24November 4Measuring Place Opportunity
Session 25November 16Crime and Incarceration
Session 26November 18Crime and Incarceration
November 23Fall Break
November 25Fall Break
Session 27November 30Peer Review and Reflection
Session 28December 2Peer Review and Reflection
Session 29December 7Course Wrap-Up

Last updated on Nov 11, 2021