Summer 2024 Courses
- Introduction to Data Lifecycle Management
- Preparing for Your Undergraduate Research Experience
- Data Science and Society: Ethical, Legal, Social Issues
- Understanding Your Undergraduate Research Experience I
- Understanding Your Undergraduate Research Experience II
- Beyond Undergrad Research
- Research Peer Mentor Training
Introduction to Data Lifecycle Management | ILS 10300
Wei Zakharov | Jing Lu
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 LC. Additional sections are offered for students not in the LC.
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| TYPE | CRN-SECTION | WHEN | WHERE | CREDITS | WEEKS |
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| DIS | 36271-001 | ASYNC ONLINE | 1.0 | Weeks 5-12 |
Preparing for Your Undergraduate Research Experience | ILS 18000
JJ Sadler | Amy Childress
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.
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| TYPE | CRN-SECTION | WHEN | WHERE | CREDITS | WEEKS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DIS | 13850-001 | ASYNC ONLINE | 1.0 | Weeks 5-12 |
Data Science and Society: Ethical, Legal, Social Issues | ILS 23000
Jerilyn Tinio
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.
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| TYPE | CRN-SECTION | WHEN | WHERE | CREDITS | WEEKS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DIS | 36273-001 | ASYNC ONLINE | 1.0 | Weeks 5-12 |
Understanding Your Undergraduate Research Experience I | ILS 28000
JJ Sadler | Amy Childress
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.
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| TYPE | CRN-SECTION | WHEN | WHERE | CREDITS | WEEKS |
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| DIS | 13863-001 | ASYNC ONLINE | 1.0 | Weeks 5-12 |
Understanding Your Undergraduate Research Experience II | ILS 38000
JJ Sadler | Amy Childress
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.
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| TYPE | CRN-SECTION | WHEN | WHERE | CREDITS | WEEKS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DIS | 13869-001 | ASYNC ONLINE | 1.0 | Weeks 5-12 |
Beyond Undergraduate Research | ILS 48000
JJ Sadler | Amy Childress
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.
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| TYPE | CRN-SECTION | WHEN | WHERE | CREDITS | WEEKS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DIS | 13871-001 | ASYNC ONLINE | 1.0 | Weeks 5-12 |
Research Peer Mentor Training | ILS 49500
JJ Sadler | Amy Childress
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.
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| TYPE | CRN-SECTION | WHEN | WHERE | CREDITS | WEEKS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DIS | 33861-001 | ASYNC ONLINE | 1.0 | Weeks 5-12 |