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Course Lecturer: INFS 631 – Data Science for Information Professionals (3 credits)
McGill’s School of Information Studies Master’s program (https://www.mcgill.ca/sis/home) is seeking a Course Lecturer to teach INFS 631 Data Science for Information Professionals.
Course Description: This course provides an introduction to the field of data science with a focus on the application of its various tools and methodologies in a professional context. It will cover the theoretical background and context of data science as a new field, and allow students to become familiar with the basics of the end-to-end data science workflow, including data modelling, descriptive and predictive analytics, technical implementation and results reporting. The course is acceptable for technical and non-technical audiences, but non-technical students must be willing to learn the basics of programming in Python.
Teaching Qualification Requirements:
• The instructor should have taken graduate level courses in information science, and hold a Master’s degree in a relevant area. • They should have professional experience in data science, preferably in data collection, transformation and modelling, as well as machine learning and statistics. • The instructor must have experience teaching programming, ideally to non-computer science students. • Evidence of superior teaching ability, in the form of prior teaching • A Master’s degree is required.
Hiring Unit: School of Information Studies Course Title: INFS 631 - Data Science for Information Professionals Credits: 3 credit course Schedule: W 8:35am-11:25am Location: SH680 - 495 Salary: $ 11,824.00
Please note the Faculty of Arts has standardized Course Lecturer contract start and end dates: they will be different than the course start and end dates (see Workday Posting for more details).
Salary will be commensurate with the salary scale for Course Lecturers, as described in the McGill Course Lecturers and Instructors Union Collective Agreement.
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