Middlebury

DPPG 8565

Intro to Network Analysis

Introduction to Network Analysis

This course introduces students to the skills and concepts at the core of a dynamic and rapidly developing interdisciplinary field. Network analytic tools focus on the relationships between nodes (e.g., individuals, groups, organizations, countries, etc.). We analyze these relationships to uncover or predict a variety of important factors (e.g., the potential or importance of various actors, organizational vulnerabilities, potential subgroups, the need for redundancy, social and economic ties, growth within a network, …). Although the security field has received the greatest amount of recent attention (covert or terrorist networks), these tools can offer valuable insight into a variety of disciplines. The combination of – often stunning – visual analytic techniques with more quantitative measures accounts for much of the increasing worldwide popularity of this field.

Course Objectives

At the end of the semester, students will be able to:

Explain and apply a number of the concepts that underpin network analysis

Apply concepts such as centrality, brokerage, equivalence and diffusion to network data

Critically evaluate structures and substructures within a network

Perform a variety of approaches to clustering and cohesion to networks

Analyze networks using a variety of software packages

Subject:
Development Practice & Policy
Department:
Development Practice & Policy
Division:
Intl Policy & Management
Requirements Fulfilled:
Equivalent Courses:
GIPD 8565 *
IPOL 8565 *
IPSG 8565

Sections

Spring 2024 - MIIS

DPPG8565A-S24 Lecture (Murphy)

Fall 2023 - MIIS

DPPG8565A-F23 Lecture (Murphy)

Spring 2023 - MIIS

DPPG8565A-S23 Lecture (Murphy)

Fall 2022 - MIIS

DPPG8565A-F22 Lecture (Murphy)

Fall 2021 - MIIS

DPPG8565A-F21 Lecture (Murphy)

Fall 2020 - MIIS

DPPG8565A-F20 Lecture (Murphy)

Fall 2019 - MIIS

DPPG8565A-F19 Lecture (Murphy)

Fall 2018 - MIIS

DPPG8565A-F18 Lecture (Murphy)

Fall 2017 - MIIS

DPPG8565A-F17 Lecture (Murphy)

Fall 2016 - MIIS

DPPG8565A-F16 Lecture (Murphy)

Spring 2016 - MIIS, MIIS Second Half of Term

DPPG8565A-S16 Lecture (Everton)

Spring 2016 - MIIS, MIIS Workshop

DPPG8565S-S16 Lecture (Murphy)