DS 100: Data Speaks Louder than Words – an introduction to three fundamental perspectives for reasoning with data: critical thinking, inferential thinking, and computational thinking
HUB XC410 B1: Spark! Data Science for Good Practicum – places students in teams on projects provided by a variety of partners to enable them to tackle real world data challenges related to a more equitable and just society. The focus of the DS4G Practicum class changes by semester. For example, Fall 2022 is focused on Housing, Displacement & Justice.
HUB XC 410 A1:Justice Media Computational Journalism Co-Lab – Investigative journalism is an interdisciplinary endeavor. The Justice Media Computational Journalism Co-Lab will provide students from diverse disciplines an opportunity to work with and publish investigations in professional news outlets including GBH, the Boston Globe, CBS Boston, NBC Boston, the Associated Press, the Baystate Banner, and more. The investigative journalism news stories will be focused on issues of justice and accountability and have both written and visual components. This course will bring together students from journalism, computer science and other disciplines guided by veteran faculty practitioners in journalism and computer science/ engineering. Teams are encouraged and given the support to publish their written news stories, as well as any radio, television or visual media. Since publishing in one semester is not always possible, projects are graded on progress toward a publishable written data-driven, investigative story with visual elements.
CS/DS 519: Spark! Software Engineering X-Lab Practicum – This course offers students in computing disciplines the opportunity to apply their programming and system development skills by working on real-world projects provided from partnering organizations within and outside of BU, which are curated by Spark! The course offers a range of project options where students can improve their technical skills, while also gaining the soft skills necessary to deliver projects aligned to the partner’s goals. These include teamwork and communications skills and software development processes. All students participating in the course are expected to complete a software engineering project including a final presentation to the partner organization. Effective Spring 2022, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Ethical Reasoning, Oral and/or Signed Communication, Teamwork/Collaboration
CS/DS 549: Spark! Software Engineering X-Lab Practicum – The Spark! Practicum offers students in computing disciplines the opportunity to apply their knowledge in algorithms, inferential analytics, and software development by working on real-world projects provided from partnering organizations within BU and from outside. The course offers a range of project options where students can improve their technical skills, while also gaining the soft skills necessary to deliver projects aligned to the partner’s goals. These include teamwork and communications skills and software development processes. All students participating in the course are expected to complete a project focused on an application of inferential analytics or machine learning, including a final presentation to the partner organization. Effective Spring 2022, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Ethical Reasoning, Research and Information Literacy, Teamwork/Collaboration.
