POL 051: The Scientific Study of Politics

This page contains an outline of the topics, content, and assignments for the summer session. Note that this schedule will be updated as the summer progresses, with all changes documented here.

Instructor:	Lecture:	Discussion/Lab:
Ms. Haley Daarstad 569 Kerr Hall hbdaarstad@ucdavis.edu Office Hours: Tue 2:00 - 4:00 PM	Monday - Wednesday 12:10 pm - 1:50 pm Hoagland Hall 168	Thursday 12:10 pm - 1:50 pm Teaching and Learning Complex 2212

Week	Date	Topic	Prepare	Slides	AE	Lab	Code Example	Project
1	Mon, June 22	Lecture 1 - Meet + greet; Welcome to POL 051	📖	🖥️	📋		🧮	Teams created + list of project ideas 📂
	Tue, June 23	Lecture 2 - Data Visualization I & II		🖥️			🧮
	Wed, June 24	Lecture 3 - Data Wrangling I		🖥️			🧮
	Thu, June 25	Lab 1				💻
2	Mon, June 29	Lecture 4 - Data Wrangling II	📖	🖥️			🧮
	Tue, June 30	Lecture 5 - Relationships I		🖥️			🧮
	Wed, July 1	Lecture 6 - Relationships II		🖥️	📋			Chosen Topic is Due July 1 📂
	Thu, July 2	Lab 2				💻
3	Mon, July 6	Lecture 7 - Modeling I	📖	🖥️			🧮
	Tue, July 7	Lecture 8 - Modeling II		🖥️			🧮
	Wed, July 8	Lecture 9 - Causality I		🖥️	📋
	Thu, July 9	Lab 3				💻
4	Mon, July 13	Lecture 10 - Causality II	📖	🖥️
	Tue, July 14	Lecture 11 - DAGs		🖥️	📋
	Wed, July 15	Lecture 12 - Uncertainty		🖥️			🧮
	Thu, July 16	Lab 4				💻		Project Draft Due Fri. July 17 📂
5	Mon, July 20	Lecture 13 - Hypothesis Testing	📖	🖥️			🧮
	Tue, July 21	Lecture 14 - Prediction		🖥️			🧮
	Wed, July 22	Lecture 15 - Natural Experiments		🖥️	📋			Peer Review is Due 📂
	Thu, July 23	Lab 5				💻
6	Mon, July 27	Lecture 16 - Final Presentations	📖					Final Project Presentation 📂