UX 3001 - Communicating with Data

1 lecture hours 0 lab hours 1 credits

Course Description
The course provides a non-technical overview of the data visualization field, covering basic vocabulary, techniques, and tools. The course emphasizes the importance of data visualization to engage audiences, highlight trends and patterns, and communicate findings. Students will complete a mini-project to visualization an impactful data point(s) for a specific audience. (prereq: none)

Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

Recognize, explain, and apply fundamental concepts and conventions of data visualization
Describe data types and types of visualization
Identify appropriate techniques to create an impactful data point of view
Be aware of the industry-standard tools for data visualization
Design an impactful data point of view for target users

Prerequisites by Topic

Basic understanding of design principles, typography, color, and graphics

Course Topics

The importance of data visualization
Types of data (factor data, numeric data, and variable data)
Types of data visualization (bar, pie, stacked area, and line charts, histograms, scatter plot, etc.)
Fundamentals of data visualization (systems and axes, color, emphasis, etc.)
Visualization of quantitative data
Visualization of qualitative data
Telling a story with data
Common mistakes of data visualization and how to avoid them
Industry-standard tools for data visualization

Coordinator
Dr. Nadya Shalamova

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