Data Analytics and Computation 695N - S- Social Networks

This is a course on network analysis. The study of networks across the sciences has exploded recently. In this course, we will cover network scientific theory as it applies to the social sciences, network data collection and management, network visualization and description; and methods for the statistical analysis of networks. The course will make extensive use of real-world applications and students will gain a thorough background in the use of network analytic software. Most of the applications discussed will be drawn from political science, but this course will be relevant to anyone interested in network analytic research.

Open to DACSS master's students. "Open to DACSS Master's and SBS PhD students; others by instructor permission. Please contact the instructor and DACSS@UMass.edu if you would like to enroll in this class but are not in one of these groups.

This course fulfills a technical elective requirement for the DACSS Master's degree and the DACSS Advanced Certificate."