Computing Everywhere (159-0-21)

Instructors

Julia Bois Barnett

Meeting Info

Kresge Centennial Hall 2-325: Wed 6:30PM - 8:30PM

Overview of class

Computing Everywhere is a zero-credit seminar with 5 evening (choose Tuesdays or Wednesdays, 6:30 - 8:30 pm on south campus) workshops aimed at all NU students without a technical background.

Wait, zero credits? Right. It'll show up as a class on your transcript and you'll be graded on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis based on your attendance. No graded homework or exams. Show up and participate, and you'll get a 'satisfactory'.

This spring, topics include: introduction to modeling, how natural language processing breaks down text into data, social network analysis, detecting human activities using wearable sensors, and how to create a fire user experience test to evaluate software.

It's really just 5 weeks? Yup, the course will meet once per week, for 2 hours per session during the first 5 weeks of the quarter. You pick the Tuesday or Wednesday section. Then it's done and you'll have more time for midterms and projects and whatever else comes up. That's it!

Do I need to be a programmer? No. If you can write code, you know too much for this course. It's designed for beginners.

Will I become a programmer? Probably not after just this seminar, but you'll be in great shape to start learning to code on your own or take more courses!

Class Materials (Required)

No textbook required.