Jan 12 Week 01
Intro (online)
Start Dear data
GDES-360 spring 2022 / David Ramos, American University Design
Data Visualization
and Information Design
Three-dimensional chart showing electricity demand in the Manchester, England area, hour-by-hour and day-by day, 1951–1954. Photo: Science Museum Group, CC BY-NC-SA. (more)
Schedule
Jan 19 Week 02
Encodings + elementary perceptual tasks
Finish Dear data / Start Encoding data
Feb 26 Week 03
Visualizing change + workflows
Finish Encoding data / Start Change over time
Feb 2 Week 04
Visualizing comparisons (in-person classes start)
Feb 9 Week 05
Means, medians, and distributions
Finish Change over time / Start Averages
Feb 16 Week 06
Color
Finish Averages / Start Neighbhorhoods
Feb 23 Week 07
Cartographic principles
Mar 2 Week 08
Looking at spatial data / Mapbox intro
Mar 6 / Mar 13
Spring break
Mar 16 Week 10
In-progress critique
Mar 23 Week 11
Introducing mapping tools / QGIS
Finish Neighborhoods / Start Spatial/final
Mar 30 Week 12
Issues in mapping / Quantitative spatial data
April 6 Week 13
Typography, symbols, and line
April 13 Week 14
Critique
April 20 Week 15
Last class
In-progress critique
May 1
Exam period
All work due