This course examines the art, science, and practice of information visualization. Particular emphasis is placed on the ways in which position, shape, size, brightness, color, orientation, texture, and motion influence perception of information and facilitate comprehension and analysis of large and complex bodies of information. Topics include cognition and visual perception; the aesthetics of visual media; techniques for processing and manipulating information for the purpose of visualization; studies of spatial, relational, multivariate, time-series, interactive, and other visual approaches; and methods for evaluating information visualizations.

Information Visualization Syllabus (Fall 2014)

Assignments

• Weekly visualization post (20%)
• Lab reports (5 @ 8% ea)
• Final project (40%)

Topics

1. Introduction
2. History of Information Visualization
3. Visual Perception and Color
4. Temporal & Statistical Visualization
5. Tableau Lab
6. Design and Narrative for Visualization
7. Midterm Lab
8. Mapping, Countermapping, and Geospatial Visualization
9. QGIS Lab
10. Network Visualization
11. Gephi Lab
12. Usability & Evaluation
13-15. Final Projects