The course program is organized into six teaching sessions, each comprising two standard-length classes. Each session represents one consistent thematic/methodological bloc, split into conceptual parts, practical training, and an introduction to basic programming concepts. Each class is accompanied by a compulsory reading of (one or two journal articles) to represent best practices in research application and leads into an individual homework assignment for the off week.

1. Introduction to fundamentals of computational science and computer operation
variables

2. From sources to data - working with text and XML
data inputs and outputs

3. Processing images and sound
conditions, basics of computational logic

A. Midterm research design seminar

4. Databases and SQL filtering
loops and iterations

5. Qualitative coding as the basis of text analysis
data frames

6. GIS - Geographic information systems

Object-oriented programming

B. Final research design presentation