Main Goal
This course is focused on helping students learn how to apply their data science knowledge in non-academic settings. Students will reflect on their role as a statistician in society. They will learn more about being mindful and ethical practitioners of data science techniques to advocate for social change. Students will partner with community-based organizations (CBOs) in Baltimore to work on a data science related goal.
Students will focus on developing:
- critical service learning skills
- data science skills
- professional skills
Students will work in teams with a CBO to:
- develop data science products (such as a dashboard, data analysis, series of visualizations, etc.)
- develop training material for CBO users to use and implement the products
- develop sustainability / maintenance plans for CBOs to continue with the data science product in the future and how they can continue to use more data science methods more generally
“Working with community-based organizations in Baltimore to support data science related goals”