Course content is designed to be flexible to accommodate student interest and abilities.
Etherpad of course notes:
Schedule
| Day and Time | Activity | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Monday Dec 11, 2023 | ||
| 08:45 | Welcome and walk to TRC | Pontchartrain Lobby |
| 09:15 | Grab and Go breakfast | Tulane River Center |
| 09:30 | R programming and phylogenetics | Tulane River Center |
| 12:00 | LUNCH | Tulane River Center |
| 14:00 | Project Pitches | Tulane River Center |
| 15:00 | Break | Tulane River Center |
| 15:30 | R basics and good R practices | Tulane River Center |
| 17:00 | DINNER | On your own |
| Tuesday Dec 12, 2023 | ||
| 09:00 | BREAKFAST and project pitches | Grab-and-Go food at TRC |
| 09:30 | R functions and debugging | Tulane River Center |
| 10:00 | R markdown and GitHub | Tulane River Center |
| 12:00 | Excursion to Audubon Zoo: Grab and go sandwiches | Audubon Zoo, New Orleans |
| 13:00 | Excursion to Audubon Zoo | Audubon Zoo, New Orleans |
| 15:00 | Excursion to Audubon Zoo | Audubon Zoo, New Orleans |
| 15:30 | R activities, exercises and breakouts | Tulane River Center |
| 17:00 | Project stand-ups | Tulane River Center |
| Wednesday Dec 13, 2023 | ||
| 09:00 | BREAKFAST | Grab-and-Go food at TRC |
| 09:30 | Open science and reproducible research | Tulane River Center |
| 10:30 | Biogeographic data types | Tulane River Center |
| 12:00 | LUNCH | Tulane River Center |
| 14:00 | Biome evolution in R | Tulane River Center |
| 15:00 | Your first R package | Tulane River Center |
| 15:30 | Project Stand-ups | Tulane River Center |
| 17:00 | DINNER | On your own |
| Thursday Dec 14, 2023 | ||
| 06:00 | BREAKFAST | Grab-and-Go food at Pontchartrain |
| 08:00 | Visit to City Park via 91 bus | City Park |
| 10:00 | Visit to City Park via 91 bus | City Park |
| 12:00 | LUNCH (on your own) | Tulane River Center |
| 13:00 | Project work | Tulane River Center |
| 14:00 | Break | Tulane River Center |
| 15:30 | Project work | Tulane River Center |
| 17:00 | Project stand-ups | Tulane River Center |
| Friday Dec 15, 2023 | ||
| 06:00 | BREAKFAST | Tulane River Center |
| 09:00 | Project Work | Tulane River Center |
| 10:00 | Project Work | Tulane River Center |
| 12:00 | LUNCH | Tulane River Center |
| 14:00 | Presentations | Tulane River Center |
| 15:00 | Break | Tulane River Center |
| 15:30 | Presentations | Tulane River Center |
| 17:00 | DINNER | On your own |
| Saturday Dec 16, 2023 | ||
| 00:00 | Departure |