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 | Exam | 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 | 🖥️ | 💻 | Chosen Topic is Due June 28 📂 | ||||
| 2 | Mon, June 29 | Lecture 4 - Data Wrangling II | 📖 | 🖥️ | ||||
| Tue, June 30 | Lecture 5 - Relationships I | 🖥️ | ||||||
| Wed, July 1 | Lecture 6 - Relationships II | 🖥️ | ||||||
| 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 I | 📖 | 🖥️ | ||||
| Tue, July 21 | Lecture 14 - Hypothesis Testing II | 🖥️ | ||||||
| Wed, July 22 | Lecture 15 - Prediction | 🖥️ | Peer Review is Due 📂 | |||||
| Thu, July 23 | Lab 5 | 💻 | ||||||
| 6 | Mon, July 27 | Lecture 17 - Experiments | 📖 | 🖥️ | ||||
| Tue, July 28 | Lecture 18 - Natural Experiments I | 🖥️ | ||||||
| Wed, July 29 | Lecture 19 - Natural Experiments II | 🖥️ | Final Project Due | |||||
| Thu, July 30 | Final Project Presentation | Final Project Presentation 📂 |
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