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CLES131 HM - Data Science for Global Change Biology

Credit(s): 3

Instructor(s): Guo

Offered: Fall

Description: Anthropogenic change, particularly climate change, is creating an undeniable impact on Earth’s environments and biota. Modern observational and analytic tools are necessary for uncovering the causes, consequences, and feedbacks between climate change drivers and their impacts. This intermediate course will leverage previous knowledge of biology and statistics to develop an R-based data science toolkit of reproducible workflows, data visualization, and version control. Students will explore, understand, and communicate spatio-temporal data in global change topics such as shifting vegetation phenology, drought impacts on primary productivity, global fisheries decline, and invasive species.

Prerequisite(s): BIOL046 HM  and CSCI005 HM  and (BIOL154 HM  or MATH056 HM  or MATH062 HM )