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Fall Semester
Program Evaluation for Nonprofit, Public, and Social Impact Initiatives
Instructor: Bixler, R. Patrick
This course is designed to teach the elements of program evaluation for nonprofit and social impact programs. Program Evaluation is the systematic use of empirical information to assess and improve the efficacy of public or non-profit programs and policies. The purpose of this course is to present students with an overview of approaches used to understand and assess nonprofit and social impact programs and students in this course will become familiar with the concepts, methods, and applications of evaluation more generally.
Special Topics in Information Science: Data Storytelling
Instructor: Andrea Cato
This School of Information course introduces graduate-level students to data analysis and visualization. Students learn how to use Tableau Desktop via a number of short assignments and two projects, one on a topic of their choice and one for an organization. The purpose of the final project is to provide students with hands-on experience working with clients and designing, prototyping, and developing a complex example of a data visualization dashboard. Organizations interested in working with a student on a data visualization project should reach out to andrea.cato@austin.utexas.edu.
Spring Semester
Data Management & Research Life Cycle
Instructor: Ma, Ji
This class equips thoughtful thinkers with powerful data science skills. You will learn how to manage and work with complex and big datasets in social science research, particularly in policy and nonprofit studies.
Special Topics in Information Science: Data Storytelling
Instructor: Andrea Cato
This School of Information course introduces graduate-level students to data analysis and visualization. Students learn how to use Tableau Desktop via a number of short assignments and two projects, one on a topic of their choice and one for an organization. The purpose of the final project is to provide students with hands-on experience working with clients and designing, prototyping, and developing a complex example of a data visualization dashboard. Organizations interested in working with a student on a data visualization project should reach out to andrea.cato@austin.utexas.edu.