14 Jan Mon / Class 01
(University closed for snow)
Data Visualization
and Information Design
GDES-396 spring 2019 (David Ramos, American University Design)
ramos@american.edu · office hours
17 Jan Thu / Class 02
Introduction; Encoding data
Start Encoding data exercise
21 Jan Mon
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (no class)
24 Jan Thu / Class 03
Visualizing change; Workbench workflows
Encoding due
Start Visualizing change exercise
28 Jan Mon / Class 04
Studio
31 Jan Thu / Class 05
Color intro; Studio
4 Feb Mon / Class 06
Mean, median, and distributions
7 Feb Thu / Class 07
Studio
Visualizing change due
Start Salaries exercise
11 Feb Mon / Class 08
Studio
14 Feb Thu / Class 09
Critique
Salaries due
Start Visualization project
18 Feb Mon / Class 10
Data wrangling
21 Feb Thu / Class 11
Working with R/RStudio
25 Feb Mon / Class 12
Studio/Critique
28 Feb Thu / Class 13
Maps: scale, coordinate systems, and mapping with analog tools
Field mapping exercise
4 Mar Mon / Class 14
Studio/Critique
7 Mar Thu / Class 15
Maps: projections, data layers, and editing data in QGIS
Visualization project due
11 Mar Mon
Spring Break
14 Mar Thu
Spring Break
18 Mar Mon / Class 16
Reference maps and OSM data in QGIS
Start Reference map
21 Mar Thu / Class 17
Studio
25 Mar Mon / Class 18
QGIS composer/export tools
Studio/Critique
28 Mar Thu / Class 19
Mapbox tools
1 Apr Mon / Class 20
Critique
Reference map is due
4 Apr Thu / Class 21
Displaying quantitative data on maps
Start Final project
8 Apr Mon / Class 22
Mapbox tools
Show proposal for final.
11 Apr Thu / Class 23
Studio
15 Apr Mon / Class 24
Studio
18 Apr Thu / Class 25
In-progress critique
22 Apr Mon / Class 26
In-progress critique
25 Apr Thu / Class 27
Studio
29 Apr Mon / Class 28
Semifinal critique
5 May Sun
Exam period (class does not meet)
Final deadline for projects
Rand, McNally & Co. map of Chicago railway terminals, 1897. Courtesy of David Rumsey Map Collection. (original.)