workspace-course-topics

Units

Units are phases of the course, following the Tools → Skills → Artifacts progression. They are ordered below; the mapping to specific class meetings varies by run (see the run manifest in teaching-topics).

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Proposed order

1. Environment Setup — Tools
   Getting the development environment working: Git, WSL, LaTeX, Cursor, repo structure, reproduce.sh.

2. Research Skills — Skills
   Bibliography management, literature discovery, AI-assisted analysis.

3. Contribution — Artifacts
   Creating and submitting artifacts: coauthor additions, notebook improvements, MyST conversion, pull requests.

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Course progression

┌─────────────────────┐    ┌─────────────────────┐    ┌─────────────────────┐
│   Unit 1: Tools     │───▶│  Unit 2: Skills     │───▶│ Unit 3: Artifacts   │
│                     │    │                     │    │                     │
│ Environment Setup   │    │ Research Skills     │    │ Contribution        │
└─────────────────────┘    └─────────────────────┘    └─────────────────────┘