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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:
01/21/25-05/07/25
Special Approval:
Instructor Approval Required
Section Info:
This section is a placeholder and cannot be used for registration. To register, please email ps-gradoffice@illinois.edu (copy your advisor) and you will be provided with the correct CRN.
Restriction(s):
Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
26052
Lecture-Discussion
CC1
1:30PM -3:30PM
W
217 Gregory Hall
Webb Williams, N
Part of Term:
A
Date Range:
01/21/25-03/14/25
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; however, students must already be comfortable working in R and should have completed a first-year sequence of graduate level quantitative social science methods courses (or equivalent). The course will introduce students to Python. Topics include maintaining a qualitative sensibility when approaching “big” data, web scraping, data storage, supervised and unsupervised learning, sentiment analysis, word embeddings, object and facial detection/recognition, AI ethics, and more.
Restriction(s):
Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign. Restricted to PHD:Political Science -UIUC.
26042
Lecture-Discussion
D
9:30AM -12:30PM
T
1000 Siebel Center for Design
McDuffie, E
Rosas, G
Sin, G
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
01/21/25-05/07/25
Special Approval:
Departmental Approval Required
Credit:
4 hours
Section Title:
Collisions Across Colorlines
Section Info:
Interseminars spring thematic seminar. Enrollment in this course is restricted to 2024-2025 Interseminars Graduate Fellows. Meets with AFRO 598 and LLS 596.
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