INFO 4300

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INFO 4300
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Course information provided by the 2026-2027 Catalog.

How to make sense of the vast amounts of information available online, and how to relate it and to the social context in which it appears? This course introduces basic tools for retrieving and analyzing unstructured textual information from the web and social media. Applications include information retrieval (with human feedback), sentiment analysis, and social analysis of text. The coursework will include programming projects that play on the interaction between knowledge and social factors.


Prerequisites CS 2110; INFO 2950, or MATH 2940 and CS 2800; or equivalents or permission of instructor.

Enrollment Information Enrollment limited to: Information Science and Computer Science majors.

Distribution Requirements (OPHLS-AG), (SDS-AS)

Last 4 Terms Offered 2026SP, 2025SP, 2024SP, 2023SP

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: CS 4300

  • 3 Credits GradeNoAud

  •  9754 INFO 4300   LEC 001

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    • TR
    • Jan 25 - May 11, 2027

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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