Data Visualization Fundamentals

Catalog description

In this course, students will learn how to choose the best visualization for the required information, and how to interpret common visualization such as histograms, scatter plots, line plots, boxplots and bar plots. Student will also learn about best practices for using colors and shapes in their plots, and how to avoid common pitfalls. Through hands-on exercises, students visually explore over given datasets using popular data visualization applications. Prerequisite : Sophomore standing.