The Art of Data Visualization

Data visualization is storytelling in a graphical medium. The course covers the six basic principles of data visualization: telling a story, making a good sign, fulfilling a business purpose, incorporating human perception, using color and streamlining, and selecting the appropriate chart format. In this course, gain knowledge by doing and redoing, by offering and receiving critique, and above all, by learning from each other. This class is intended to develop a discriminating eye for good visualizations.