Summer 2020

Our first cohort ever! To combat the impacts of the pandemic on summer opportunities and student learning, Dr. Pleuni Pennings and members of the CoDE lab created the first rendition of the Science Coding Immersion Program (SCIP).

Cohort Overview

SFSU Bio & Biochem Students

Our first cohort consisted of SFSU undergraduate, graduate, post-bacc, and staff participants from Biology and Biochemistry departments

Staggered Start Dates & Times

Participants could choose when they would like to start the course and how long the program would be to take into account the different situations students had during the summer.

R and Python Languages

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Coding Projects

At the end of the Udacity course, participants were given different opportunities to apply their coding skills, participate in another course, or help with coursework.

Participants

Of the participants who participated in the pre- and post-program surveys, 89% of participants are majoring in Biology, Chemistry, or Biochemistry or work in one of those departments.

In SCIP Summer 2020, over 50% of our participants were undergraduate students. ~38% were graduate students and ~10% were faculty, staff, or post-bacc students.

No coding experience was required to join our program. From our participant demographics, >75% of our participant population had 1 semester or less of previous coding experience.

WHAT PARTICIPANTS SAY

I loved how much it was focused on self-driven learning at your own pace. There was no immediate pressure to understand something at any particular moment. This took the pressure off of grasping more complicated subjects.

I enjoyed the very collaborative and supportive environment. We were able to use Slack to reach any of the large number of people within the program and got to work with our team, plus anyone else in the program was open to provide advice or help.

I liked that we had our own small teams, it made learning code less intimidating. Having a support team and someone to guide and ask questions to is really important when learning how to program.

Meet The Team

Pleuni Pennings

Co-founder & Faculty advisor

Olivia Pham

Co-founder & Webinar Facilitator

Rochelle-Jan Reyes

Co-founder, Logistics Administrator, & Team Leader

Niquo Ceberio

Co-founder & Document Coordinator

Candace Clark

Co-founder & Team Leader