DGT HUM M221Data and Society
Digital Humanities · 4 units · Graduate courses (200-299)
(Same as Social Science M240.) Introduction to way data and computing technologies increasingly play pivotal role in social life. Students pose critical questions about social impact of data, while also gaining literacy in engaging digital and data tools. Students learn to recognize historically and institutionally produced biases in data research and science. Engagement is encouraged with how to work with data for social justice aims.
S/U or letter grading.
When it runs
Not on the schedule for any of Fall 2025 through Spring 2027. UCLA publishes only that window, so this does not mean the course is gone — check the official listing.
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