Target Infusion Project: Integrating Data Science into the Urban Studies & Sustainability Curriculum at Winston-Salem State University

历史黑人学院和大学本科项目(HBCU-UP)通过有针对性的灌输项目，支持基于证据的创新模式和方法的开发、实施和研究，以改善HBCU本科学生的准备和成功，使他们能够攻读科学、技术、工程或数学(STEM)研究生课程和/或职业。温斯顿-塞勒姆州立大学的这个项目将加强本科教育，在城市研究和可持续发展课程中加入数据科学内容，并让学生做好准备，以满足劳动力的需求或与数据科学和城市研究相关的领域的进修。该项目涉及计算机科学系，以及城市研究和可持续发展的辅修项目。该项目将通过注入数据科学内容来修改两门课程，使学生了解当前城市研究的趋势；开发一门新课程--应用城市研究实验室；让本科生参与城市研究相关研究；并建立城市研究实验室。本科生作为研究助理和助教参与其中。这一奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The Historically Black Colleges and Universities Undergraduate Program (HBCU-UP) through Targeted Infusion Projects supports the development, implementation, and study of evidence-based innovative models and approaches for improving the preparation and success of HBCU undergraduate students so that they may pursue science, technology, engineering or mathematics (STEM) graduate programs and/or careers. The project at Winston-Salem State University will enhance undergraduate education by adding data science content to the urban studies and sustainability curriculum and preparing students to meet the needs of the workforce or advanced studies in fields related to data science and urban studies. The project spans the department of computer science and the minor program in urban studies and sustainability. The project will modify two courses through the infusion of data science content which will orient students to current trends in urban studies; develop a new course - Applied Urban Studies Lab; engage undergraduates in urban studies related research; and establish an Urban Studies Lab. Undergraduate students are involved as research assistants and as teaching assistants.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.