This course will teach you to analyze and design computer-based visual representations of
data, in order to help people perform some task more
faster or more effectively. It will emphasize visualization for
presentation but will also cover visualization for exploration and
enjoyment, since many of the same underlying principles hold in all
three cases. It will cover both static and interactive approaches.
Audience
There are no prerequisites, and you are not assumed to have a
programming background.
Structure
The 1.5 credit module will run over six weeks, with one three-hour
class each week. There will be six assignments, with each released one
week and due the next (except for the last one covering two weeks). You will start on the assignment in the
lab, and continue on your own. Core material is covered in the lecture
segment of the course and there are no required readings.
The standard format for each session is
90 min: foundations lecture/discussion
15 min: break
30 min: demos
45 min: lab
Grades in the course will be determined by
84% Assignments (6 of them)
Lab 1: 15%
Lab 2: 15%
Lab 3: 10%
Lab 4: 10%
Lab 5: 10%
Lab 6: 25% (two weeks to complete)
15% Participation
The lowest of the first five lab marks will be dropped. There will be no final examination in this course.