PS 590

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Credit: 2 TO 12 hours.

Research in selected topics by arrangement with the instructor.

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CRN Type Section Time Day Location Instructor Section Details
10195
Independent Study
ARRANGED
n.a.
Location Pending
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
01/18/22-05/04/22
Special Approval:
Instructor Approval Required
Section Info:
Register for PS 590 with individual instructor. Contact Brenda for the CRN.
Restriction(s):
Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
26052
Online
CC1
1:00PM -3:00PM
W
n.a.
Webb Williams, N
Part of Term:
A
Date Range:
01/18/22-03/11/22
Credit:
2 hours
Section Title:
Intro to Text & Images as Data
Section Info:
This course provides a broad introduction to the principles and tools of large-scale text and image analysis from a political science perspective. No prior experience with text or image data is required, though experience with R is assumed. The course will offer students the opportunity to work with Python. Topics include maintaining a qualitative sensibility when approaching “big” data, web scraping, supervised and unsupervised learning, sentiment analysis, word embeddings, automatic translation, dependency parsing, event detection, object and facial detection/recognition, color analysis, cloud computing, AI ethics, and more.
Restriction(s):
Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
Restricted to PHD:Political Science -UIUC.
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