The course will provide an overview of the methods used in the field of computational social science (CSS) and their real-world applications. It will include both theoretical explanations of different methods and hands-on practical exercises through which the participants will be able to apply the discussed techniques in R. The course is aimed at participants with no or little experience with computational methods. Within the course, topics such as web scraping, foundations of computational text analysis, data visualization and ethical aspects of CSS will be covered. The course will take place online and will consist of pre-recorded video lectures combined with live Q&A sessions, exercises and project work. By the end of the course, each participant will have practical experience in R in retrieving web data, applying basic text analysis techniques to it, and visualizing the results. The participants will gain this experience through supervised practical exercises as well as through group projects on which they will work semi-independently, with the guidance from the lecturers, throughout the course. For additional details on the course and a day-to-day schedule, please download the full-length syllabus.