Data Visualization

Catalog description

This course will allow students to learn critical skills in data visualization by putting them into practice. Students will learn how to find and clean data, identify the story within the data, create visualizations that resonate with others, and utilize psychological principles underlying human perception to ensure that their data visualization is interpreted appropriately. Data visualizations covered include static and interactive graphs, dashboards, and infographics. In addition to learning to create and evaluate data visualizations, students will learn to effectively present data visualizations to diverse audiences. Students will work with a variety of industry standard tools to create data visualizations.