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HIST-2624: Topics in the History of Data in Social Context

Description: Examination of the meaning of data in historical context. Exploration of how historical context shapes classification, collection, and interpretation of data. Analysis of data as a meaningful category of human experience. Variable content. May be repeated once for up to six (6) hours of credit.

Pathways: 1A Discourse Advanced, 5A Quant & Comp Thnk Adv., 10 Ethical Reasoning

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: N/A

Required By: N/A

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: up to 6 credit hours

Sections Taught: 6

Average GPA: 3.90 (rounds to A)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 85.33%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.56%

Edward T Ewing202498.7%1.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.974
Avery Wiscomb202190.0%3.3%3.3%0.0%0.0%3.3%3.861
Damien P Williams202073.3%20.0%6.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.671

Grade Distribution Over Time

1234GPA
Spring 2020Fall 2020Spring 2021Fall 2021Fall 2022Fall 2024Term050% W