Course schedule for the Communication with Data Certificate Program, Northwestern University School of Professional Studies - Northwestern School of Professional Studies

Course Schedule

MS_IDS 455-DL : Data and Text Visualization

Description

This course entails learning by doing—working with data and text, utilizing models of text and data, working within an open-source programming environment, and building interactive visualizations for the web. It reviews the psychology of human perception and cognition and best practices in visualization and web design. Assignments involve reviewing and developing interactive visualizations of text, time series, networks, and maps. This is a project-based course with individual and team assignments.