CMSE 402: Data Visualization Principles and Techniques

Tentative* Course Schedule

Day	Topic
1 (Jan 13)	Introductions, course details, viz discussion
2 (Jan 15)	Data and image models, breaking down plots
3 (Jan 20)	Visualization design; effective communication of information
4 (Jan 22)	Software ecosystem around visualization; File formats and data models
5 (Jan 27)	Types of visualizations/visualization taxonomy; Statistical visualization (visualizing distributions)
6 (Jan 29)	Data manipulation: binning, filtering, smoothing, histograms
7 (Feb 3)	Interactive Visualization 1
8 (Feb 5)	Interactive Visualization 2
HW 1 Due	Must be submitted by 11:59pm on February 8th
9 (Feb 10)	Reporting/Q&A on visualization interviews (from HW assignment)
10 (Feb 12)	Time series datasets
11 (Feb 17)	Animation in visualizations
HW 2 Parts 1 & 2 Due	Must be submitted by 11:59pm on February 22nd
12 (Feb 19)	Uncertainty and missing data
13 (Feb 24)	Building a Tableau dashboard
14 (Feb 26)	High-dimensional datasets
HW 2 Part 3 Due	Must be submitted by 11:59pm on February 27th
NO CLASS (March 3 and 5)	Spring break
15 (Mar 10)	Human perception and effects on visualization
16 (Mar 12)	Project proposal and peer review
17 (Mar 17)	Section 001: Field Trip to MSU Library Digital Scholarship Lab, Section 002: Images color theory, color maps, and image visualization
18 (Mar 19)	Section 001: Images color theory, color maps, and image visualization, Section 002: Field Trip to MSU Library Digital Scholarship Lab
19 (Mar 24)	Narratives in visualization
20 (Mar 26)	Tree and hierarchical data
HW 3 Due	Must be submitted by 11:59pm on March 27th
21 (Mar 31)	Peer review of draft visualizations for project
22 (Apr 2)	Network/graph visualization
23 (Apr 7)	Project co-work day
24 (Apr 9)	Peer review of full project drafts
25 (Apr 14)	Mind-mapping exercise to highlight and connect themes from the course
26 (Apr 16)	Project Presentations, submissions due midnight April 15
27 (Apr 21)	Streamlit Exploration, Part 1
28 (Apr 23)	Streamlit Exploration, Part 2
Final Exam Session (Section 001:Apr 30 - 5:45-7:45pm, Section 002: Apr 30 - 5:45-7:45pm)	Final presentations overflow day

*This is our best guess at the schedule prior to the start of the semester. The overall content shouldn’t change, but ordering or deadlines may shift somewhat. If deadlines change, substantial notice will be given!