Program: Undergraduate
Course Areas
Social Informatics
Catalog Description
Practical skills and understandings required to effectively work with open source software and understand the projects that build them. Includes git-based collaboration as well as conceptual understanding of licenses, security, technical and social processes in open source development. Class projects involve working with digital trace data from open source repositories. Also offered as Informatics 320D.
Prerequisites
Upper-division standing and Informatics 310S.
Restrictions
Generally restricted to undergradute Informatics majors through registration period 1 and extended to Informatics minors in period 2. Outside students – including iSchool graduate students – will only be accepted during period 3.
Current and Upcoming Classes for this Course
| Class Name | Semester | Day(s) | Start Time(s) | End Time(s) | Building | Room |
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| I 320S: Topics in Social Informatics: Open Source Software Development
James Howison |
Spring Term 2026 |
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Past Classes for this Course
| Class Name | Semester | Day(s) | Start Time(s) | End Time(s) | Building | Room |
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| I 320S: Topics in Social Informatics: Open Source Software Development
James Howison Syllabus |
Spring Term 2025 |
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