E 120 - Data Visualization Projects

Institution:

California Institute of Technology

Subject:

Engineering

Description:

This course will provide students with a forum for discussing and working through challenges of visualizing students’ data using techniques and principles from graphic design, visual art, and visual practices in science and engineering. Working together, we will help create and edit students’ graphics and other visual forms of data to improve understanding. We will consider the strengths and weaknesses of communicating information visually in drawing, design and diagramming forms such as flow charts, brainstorming maps, graphs, illustrations, movies, animation, as well as public presentation materials, depending on the needs of students’ projects. Our approach will be derived from design principles outlined by Edward Tufte and others. The course is targeted towards students across disciplines using visual display and exploration in research. There is no pre-requisite, but students should be competent in acquiring and processing data. Instructors: Hillary Mushkin.

Credits:

6.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.caltech.edu

Phone Number:

(626) 395-6811

Regional Accreditation:

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Quarter

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