Detailed schedule

GDES-396 spring 2020 (David Ramos, American University Design)
ramos@american.edu · office hours

Revised for emergency move to an online format.

22 January

Wednesday

Class 02

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Encoding data

Topics

  • Methods of encoding data
  • Elementary perceptual tasks

Projects

  • Final critique for Dear data
  • Start Encodings

(Project work for critique or submittal should be complete at the beginning of class.)

Reading

  • Truthful Art ch. 1 (What We Talk About When We Talk About Visualization)
  • Truthful Art ch. 5 (Basic Principles of Visualization)

Course survey

Fill out a course survey.

5 February

Wednesday

Class 04

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Visualizing comparisons

Topics

  • Categorical data
  • Crosstabulations

Projects

  • Studio and small-group critiques for Change over time

N.B.: Plan to show your work, in progress, for a critique during any class this semester.

Reading

  • Truthful Art ch. 6 (Exploring Data with Simple Charts)
  • Truthful Art ch. 3 (The Truth Continuum)

12 February

Wednesday

Class 05

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Means, medians, and distributions

Topics

  • Means, medians, and distributions

In class

Projects

Reading

26 February

Wednesday

Class 07

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Cartographic principles

Topics

  • Map principles
  • Projections and scale
  • Layers of spatial data

In class

Reading

18 March

Wednesday

Class 09

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Class check-in

Class moves online from this date because of COVID–19 and campus shutdown.

Topics

Reading

25 March

Wednesday

Class 10

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Check-in

Topics

Projects

  • You can choose to start the Final project (or continue with expanded Mapping project)

Reading

15 April

Wednesday

Class 13

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Field trip in your own home

Projects

  • Continue work on Mapping/Final project

Reading

  • Truthful Art ch. 4 (Of Conjectures and Uncertainty)

22 April

Wednesday

Class 14

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Field trip far away from other people

Projects

  • Continue work on Mapping/Final project

5 May

Tuesday

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All projects must be turned in; no class

Class does not meet during exam period.

  • Final project is due by 6 p.m. EDT