The School of Information and its relationship to computer science at UC Berkeley

Pardos, Zachary A.; Nam, Andrew Joo Hun

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Title

The School of Information and its relationship to computer science at UC Berkeley

Author(s)

• Pardos, Zachary A.
• Nam, Andrew Joo Hun

Issue Date

2017

Keyword(s)

• iSchools
• Computer science
• Course enrollment
• Descriptive statistics
• Distributed representation

Abstract

There is a polymorphism to Schools of Information that allows for a nimbleness of research that can travel outside of academically normative paths. The fuzzy borders between the school and its nearest departments are a product of the interdisciplinarity of its faculty composition and nature of the problems it takes on. The boundaries of the school are brought into relief as data science curriculum and research grow and the relationship of the school to computer science is necessarily considered. In this paper, we investigate the iSchool’s relationship to computer science through the lens of course enrollment behavior of over 160,000 students at UC Berkeley between 2007 and 2015.

Publisher

iSchools

Series/Report Name or Number

iConference 2017 Proceedings

Type of Resource

text

Language

en

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Copyright 2017 Zachary A. Pardos and Andrew Joo Hun Nam

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