Instructors

• Wei Zakharov
• Chao Cai

Description

Introduces concepts of the management of data throughout its lifecycle. Understanding different types of data and their functions. Managing data in the context of a particular discipline or profession. Finding and evaluating data purposefully. Using data ethically and responsibly. Creating and sharing data for reuse, accountability, and enhancement. Making decisions and communicating using data, including data analysis and visualization. Protecting and archiving data. This course is currently required for and restricted to the Engineering in the World of Data Learning Community. Additional sections will be offered for students not in the LC.

Instructors

• Heather Howard

Description

This course will provide students with a framework of information search skills and problem-solving they can utilize in their area of study and in everyday life. It will also incorporate technology literacy components with active learning. Class sessions will consist of lecture, group discussion, demonstrations, and in-class activities and out-of-class activities.

Instructors

• JJ Sadler
• Amy Childress

Description

This course is for prospective Purdue undergraduate researchers who are interested in conducting undergraduate research or creative endeavors. Purdue students who have not already started an independent research project with a research mentor will learn valuable skills to market themselves to individuals and research programs. Throughout the course, students will develop components for a final application packet to submit to a research team or program they choose.

Instructors

• Melissa Chomintra
• Jerilyn Tinio

Description

This course provides an introduction to Ethical, Legal Social Issues (ELSI) in Data Science. Students will be introduced to interdisciplinary theoretical and practical frameworks that can aid in exploring the impact and role of Data Science in society. This is a writing intensive course. Students will work individually and on collaborative assignments.

Instructors

• JJ Sadler
• Amy Childress

Description

This course is for current Purdue undergraduate researchers to hone skills necessary for successfully reflecting on and completing the experience. During this course, students will utilize their research experience to apply skills such as managing time with a research project, communicating your research, utilizing Purdue Libraries' resources, and providing feedback to peer researchers. Students will deliver research pitches about their own project and provide critiques to others’ pitches.

Instructors

• Shirley Li
• Thom Gerrish

Description

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) plays an important role in many disciplines as a tool for data management, query, visualization, and analysis. It can be used for natural resource management, environmental studies, agriculture, as well as social and political studies. This course will introduce students the basic knowledge about GIS, including the fundamental concepts of GIS, data models and management strategies, as well as some basic spatial analysis skills. Practical work will be introduced and completed using Esri ArcGIS Pro software.

Instructors

• JJ Sadler
• Amy Childress

Description

This course is for current Purdue undergraduate researchers to build upon the previous course and focus on research data collection, presentation, and communication for current Purdue undergraduate researchers. During this course, students will learn and discuss various forms of data and collection practices. Students will develop their own academic poster to present their research project's data and implications. Students are encouraged to present their poster at one of Purdue’s undergraduate research conferences near the end of the semester.

Instructors

• JJ Sadler
• Amy Childress

Description

This course is for current Purdue undergraduate researchers to build on previous courses and focus on continuing their education in graduate or professional school. During this course, students will learn and discuss the various phases of identifying, selecting, applying to and funding graduate or professional school programs. Students will also gain a deeper comprehension of the qualities and skills that make research mentors effective while developing skills they will need to be successful mentees and peer mentors. Students will conduct research to identify potential programs of interest and develop a statement of purpose.

Instructors

• Yiheng Zhou
• Amy Childress
• JJ Sadler

Description

This course is for current Purdue undergraduate researchers who want to learn how to serve as peer mentors to undergraduate researchers early in their careers. This course will train students on how to create mutually beneficial and productive mentorships. This course will provide research-based best practices for mentoring newer student researchers while developing as a cohort of new research mentors. This course is especially useful for those students who enjoy supporting peer researchers or plan to continue into more formal mentorship roles as a senior undergraduate researcher, graduate student, or research supervisor in academia or industry. Must be a current undergraduate researcher.

Instructors

• Jane Yatcilla

Description

This course is designed to help you develop essential information skills to support your professional goals and prepare you to succeed in graduate or professional school in the health sciences. Learn how to navigate PubMed and other subject-specific databases, and differentiate between various types of research articles. Become adept at saving, organizing, and annotating articles so you can easily locate them, “cite while you write,” and share them with your classmates or research group. Prepare for writing for publication. And avail yourself of the resources and services academic libraries provide, beyond books and journals, to support your coursework and research. Permission from department or instructor required.

Instructors

• Jason Reed
• Jane Yatcilla

Description

This course will introduce systematic review methodology of published health sciences literature. Students will learn to form research questions, develop inclusion and exclusion criteria, search for evidence, manage data, and assess the risk of bias.

Instructors

• Chao Cai

Description

This course will provide students in life sciences related disciplines with an overview of skills and tools to find, evaluate, and use biological information, including scientific literature and genomic information. Students will be introduced to a variety of databases related to literatures in life sciences, as well as literature-search best practices for conducting a quality literature review. As genomic information becomes increasingly relevant in life sciences, students will also be introduced to databases and tools for discovering genomic sequences and annotations, short reads from next-generation sequencing, as well as structural information for macromolecules.