GIS for Public Admin

Schedule

The pace of the class is guided by student mastery and interests. There can be minor changes in the schedule. Please review the materials before each meeting. Slides are accessible via your NC State email if you are enrolled. Access requests are unnecessary as the slides are already shared with your NC State email.

Date	#	Topics	Mode	Assignments
08/21	01	GLM 1: MLE & Binary Dependent Variables	Multimodal
08/28	02	GLM 2: Ordinal Dependent Variables	In-Person
09/04	03	GLM 3: Categorical Dependent Variables	In-Person	Quiz 1
09/11	04	Advanced DiD 1: Synthetic Control	Multimodal	Problem Set 1
09/18	05	Advanced DiD 2: Time-Variant Treatments	Multimodal
09/25	06	ML 1: Introduction to Machine Learning	Multimodal
10/02	07	ML 2: Supervised ML – Classification	In-Person	Quiz 2
10/09		Instructor at Conference	NA	Problem Set 2
10/16	08	Paper Review Presentation	Remote	Paper Review
10/23		Final Project Idea Consultation (One-on-One)	NA
10/30	09	ML 3: Supervised ML – Regression	Remote
11/06	10	ML 4: Unsupervised ML – Applications to NLP	Multimodal
11/13	11	Factor Analysis 1: EFA (By Dr. William Swann)	In-Person	Quiz 3
11/20	12	Factor Analysis 2: CFA (By Dr. William Swann)	Multimodal
11/27		Thanksgiving	NA	Problem Set 3
12/04	13	Paper & Presentation	In-Person	Final Project

Notes on Session Delivery Methods:

In-Person: Sessions held on campus without the option to join remotely via Zoom. Attendance is required in the physical classroom.
Multimodal: The instructor will be on campus, and students may choose to attend either in person or online via Zoom. However, in-person attendance is encouraged, as the instructor cannot actively monitor Zoom for questions during the session.
Remote: Synchronous online sessions conducted exclusively via Zoom, allowing real-time interaction between students and the instructor.
Online: Fully virtual sessions conducted asynchronously, with pre-recorded videos accessible on the course website. There are no live meetings on campus or Zoom.