Data Visualization Credits: 3

Catalog description

Data visualization is the art and science of turning raw data into graphics that are easily understandable to a broad audience. This course provides techniques for creating effective visualizations based on principles from graphic design, psychology, and cognitive science. Emphasis will be placed on the narrative structure of telling a story and communicating with visualizations. Students will develop visualization literacy with hands-on activities and by designing their own visualizations using course-taught methods. Design methods including color choice, data encoding and pre-attentive attributes will be discussed. The course culminates with the creation and presentation of a data storytelling project.