Scientific Investigations Using Computation

Course Resources

• Syllabus and Such

• Accommodation Services
• Wofford Honor Code
• The Real World: Codes of Ethics and Professional Conduct

• OFFICE HOURS
  • You-and-I: ALMOST ANYTIME BY APPOINTMENT!!! You can send me an e-mail with suggested times you are available, and I'll schedule an in-person meeting or personalized TEAMS

  • Drop-in In-Person and TEAMS Hours:
    • Drop-in hours: Rm 211 Daniel, Tuesday between class and lab 1-2:30 pm, most of Wednesday

    • TEAMS: if the link on this line is active, I'll be on-line 'live' for drop-in or pre-arranged TEAMS office hours and you can click here to join me if live. I use the waiting room security feature.

  • NEXT OFFICE HOURS: I am *OFF*-LINE now and out of the office. I will be in Snyder Annex at 9 am Monday 15 May for last minute help.

  • Discussion Resources
    1. Introduction to Computational Thinking
    2. An Inquiry Approach to Learning
    3. Scientific Certainty Vocabulary (docx) (pdf)
    4. St. Thomas Aquinas on the Ordering of the Sciences (Q5 and Q6)
    5. A Brief Outline of the Sciences (IMHO)
    6. Basic Statistical Meaning
    7. Old Faithful Data
    8. Uses of Computation in Scientific Investigations
    9. Scaffolded Fire Models
    10. Advanced Class SIR
    11. Comparison of System and Agent Models

  • Assignments
    1. What does science look like? (Due 5 Sep)
    2. How Do You Know? (Due 12 Sep)
    3. The Shapes of Science (Due 14 Sep)
    4. A Simple Intro to Statistics (Due 19 Sep)
    5. A More Complete System Pandemic (Due 9 Oct)
    6. Intro to Agents: N-Body Models (Due 31 Oct)

  • Lab Sessions
    1. Who we are; Programming Concepts (Due 7 Sep)
    2. What Makes a Wildfire Wild? (Due EOD 21 Sep)
    3. How Could We Model Bunnification?(Due EOD 28 Sep)
    4. Models of Predator-Prey (Due EOD 17 Oct)
    5. Intro to Agent Model Building (Due in class 2 Nov)
    6. Explorations in "Real Coding" (Due EOD 9 Nov)

  • In-Class Assessments
    1. Measure of Understanding (19 Sep)
    2. In-Class Assessment 1 (28 Sep 23)
    3. In-Class Assessment 2 (17 Oct 23)

  • Final Project Expectations
    1. Final Project Expectations (Various)