Text analytics course

According to a press release Baylor University recently put out, the text analytics course I've enrolled in for the Spring semester is "the first of its kind in the United States and possibly the world. According to the class' instructor, Dr. Theresa Edgington, "Current market trends indicate Business Analytics (which include traditional business intelligence, data mining, and text analytics) is the growth field for Information Systems (IS)."  Other classes of its kind have apparently been taught in engineering departments, but not in a business school environment.

Another interesting tidbit from the article:

"Edgington also noted an interesting trend among the early registrants for her course: so far they are all women. While she emphasized men are more than welcome, she is excited about the surprising demographics. Much has been made concerning the lack of women in IS. But this new class could represent an opportunity for Baylor to promote positive change by enticing more women to the field."

As of today, I see via the registration website that there are 3 people signed up for the class (myself included).  Unlike the data mining class (that was also first offered this year), text analytics is only open to graduate students or undergrads with special permission.  I'm excited that this course is being offered just in time for me to take advantage of it, since otherwise I would have formed an independant study for this topic anyway.  At least this way, I'll have at least 2 other people to bounce ideas off of.