CMSE 402

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This is the webpage for CMSE 402 for the Spring 2026 semester.

View the Project on GitHub msu-cmse-courses/cmse402-S26-student

CMSE 402: Data Visualization Principles and Techniques

Course Details

The core content for this course lives in the GitHub repository accessible on the left hand side of this page. In addition, here are some quick links to important course content:

Course assignments will be distributed via GitHub Classroom.

Course discussions will take place via the Microsoft Teams group set up for this course. You should be automatically be added to this group and should be able to access it using your MSU login credentials. For all general questions related to course, please use the “General” channel.

Location:

Section 001: Wonders Hall C215

Section 002: McDonel 38

Time:

Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3-4:20 PM

Instructor Information

Dr. Rachel Frisbie (Lead Instructor and Section 002 Instructor)

Graduate Program Director and Fixed-term Assistant Professor

Department of Computational Mathematics, Science and Engineering

Office hours:

Tuesdays and Thursdays 10-11am

Zoom link (Password: CMSE201)

Note: For now, these office hours are shared with CMSE 201, we will adjust if needed.

Email: salmonra@msu.edu

Dr. Robert Termuhlen (Section 001 Instructor)

Fixed-term Assistant Professor

Department of Computational Mathematics, Science and Engineering

Office hours:

Tuesday 10:30am-12:30pm

Zoom Link No password needed

Note: For now, these office hours are shared with CMSE 202, we will adjust if needed.

Email: termuhle@msu.edu

Graduate Teaching Assistants:

Section 001:

Brynn Roy

Office hours:

Tuesdays 10am-12pm in EB 1508A

Fridays 1-3pm

Zoom Link No password needed

Email: roybrynn@msu.edu

Section 002:

John Byrd

Office hours:

Tuesdays and Thursdays 9-10am and 1-2pm

Hybrid: EB 1508A and Zoom link (Passcode: 550994)

Note: For now, these office hours are shared with CMSE 492, we will adjust if needed.

Email: johnbyrd@msu.edu

Undergraduate Learning Assistant (Section 001 only):

Mia Kunath

Office hours:

Mondays 4-6pm

Zoom Link No password needed

Additional Reference materials

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