PLNT6530|01 - Calendar

Winter 2026

Author

Dr. Adrian Correndo

Lecture Schedule

  • Days: Wednesdays and Fridays
  • Time: 11:30 am - 12:50 pm
  • Location: CRSC 121B

Calendar

The course runs on Wednesdays and Fridays from 1:00 PM to 2:20 PM. Below is the tentative schedule. Please, note the schedule may vary depending on the progress of the class.

Week Date Topic Material Lesson
1 Jan 7 Introductions, Reproducibility 🌐 🎥
Jan 09 Essentials of Quarto and R 🌐 🎥
2 Jan 14 Fundamentals of R packages 🌐 🎥
Jan 16 Basics of version control & GitHub 🌐 🎥
3 Jan 21 Data Wrangling I 🌐 🎥
Jan 23 Data Wrangling II 🌐 🎥
4 Jan 28 Data Wrangling III 🌐 🎥
Jan 30 Data Viz I: ggplot2 basics 🌐 🎥
5 Feb 04 Data Viz II: Multiple plots 🌐 🎥
Feb 06 Data Viz III: Advanced plots, maps 🌐 🎥
6 Feb 11 Iteration: Loops & Mapping 🌐 🎥
Feb 13 Weather Data: Retrieving & Processing 🌐
Feb 13 Models I: introduction to models 🌐 🎥
Winter Break begins after the end of class
7 Feb 25 Models II: Linear Models 🌐 🎥
Feb 27 Models III: Mixed Linear Models 🌐 🎥
8 Mar 04 Models IV: Repeated Measures 🌐 🎥
Mar 06 Models V: Non-linear Regression 🌐 🎥
9 Mar 11 Models: Review I 🌐 🎥
Mar 13 Models VI: PCA 🌐 🎥
10 Mar 18 Models VII: Bayesian Stats I 🌐 🎥
Mar 20 Models VIII: Bayesian Stats II 🌐 🎥
11 Mar 25 Models IX: Cross-validation 🌐 🎥
Mar 25 Models X: Regression Trees 🌐 🎥
Mar 27 General Review class 🌐 🎥
12 Apr 01 Semester Projects Presentations I 🌐
Apr 03 Semester Projects Presentations II 🌐
13 Apr 10 Final Exam Due (11.59 pm) 🌐