DSIM 420 Visual Analytics, Capstone
Prerequisites: DSIM 201 and DSIM 203RI. This course provides an introduction as well as hands-on experience to the field of data visualization. Students learn basic visualization design principles to create meaningful displays of quantitative and qualitative data in order to communicate its contents and reveal trends and patterns. They learn techniques for visualizing multivariate, temporal, text-based, geospatial, hierarchical, network/graph-based data and large data sets. Topics covered include data representation, information visualization, and how to select a visualization toolkit. Students will learn how to create a Dashboard from business data that presents meaningful business information in the most compelling and understandable context to a variety of audiences. At the end of the course, the student will be able to identify which visualization technique will drive the most impact under a variety of business decision making scenarios.