Design tidy and relational data structures
Computing, Communication & Enterprise · Data Science & Research Computing
DATA-220Data Management & Reproducible Research
Develops durable data structures, metadata, versioning, cleaning, provenance, documentation, and reproducible analysis workflows.
Course outcomes
What students develop
Document provenance, transformations, and metadata
Build reproducible computational workflows
Apply privacy, access, preservation, and sharing controls
Course content
Topics and questions
- Data models and schemas
- Cleaning and validation
- Metadata and provenance
- Version control and environments
- Privacy, repositories, and preservation
Methods & resources
Tools and environments
- Spreadsheets and relational databases
- Version control
- Notebook and workflow tools
Evaluation
Demonstration of learning
- Data dictionary
- Cleaning pipeline
- Reproducible research package
Program relationships
Where this course fits
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Integrative Biosciences & Genomic Methods
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Genomics, Epigenetics & Biological Systems
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Applied Physics & Instrumentation
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Computational Intelligence & Data Systems
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Communication, Public Scholarship & Digital Media
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AI-Assisted Archaeology
Computer vision, geospatial computation, archival text analysis, data preparation, validation, and archaeological interpretation.
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Digital Heritage Documentation
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Applied Research Methods
Research design, qualitative and mixed methods, spatial analysis, reproducibility, ethics, and public reporting.
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Research Computing & Visualization
Programming, reproducible analysis, data systems, scientific visualization, computational notebooks, and research software practice.
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Scientific Publishing & Methodological Communication
Research writing, methodological notes, peer review, editorial workflow, reproducibility, public scholarship, and publication production.
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Applied Artificial Intelligence
Machine learning, language and multimodal models, retrieval, tools, evaluation, governance, and operational AI systems.
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Data Stewardship & Reproducible Research
Data structure, metadata, provenance, validation, versioning, privacy, repositories, and reproducible computational workflows.
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A compact credential in reproducible data organization, metadata, documentation, preservation, access control, and responsible research reuse.
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