DTC-MBD-516 Data Visualization: Course Overview
DTC-MBD-516 Data Visualization: Course Overview
INGENIERÍA
SEMESTER: Autumn
CREDITS: 30 hours
LANGUAGE: Spanish/English
DEGREES: Master in Big Data Technologies and Advanced Analytics
Course overview
The main objective of this course is to open the "datamind" of our students from a visual
perspective, focusing on the practical analysis and presentation of real data in a hands-on
fashion. We also want to give a fresh “point of view from the front row” with daily cases
we manage at Carto, one of the top visualization tools in the market. This will all be
bundled with the key principles of data visualization in order to help develop a critical
mindset.
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of statistics (descriptive statistics, discrete and continuous probability
distribution models, sampling and basics of statistical inference) is required for the
effective development of visualizations.
This document is a brief outline of the course and does not replace the official program of study
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Course contents
Theory:
1. Introduction to Data Visualization
2. The Visualization Alphabet
3. Exploratory Data Analysis
4. Advanced Exploratory Data Analysis
5. Grammar of Graphics
6. Perception & Cognition
7. Crash course on aesthetics
8. Geographic visualization
9. Advanced geographic visualization
10. Graph Taxonomies
11. Interactivity
12. Powerful visualizations with Tableau I
13. Powerful visualizations with Tableau II
14. Future of data visualizations
15. Final project presentations
Textbook
While we will not follow a textbook, we find the following books quite remarkable in their
central topics (information visualization, ).
Grading
The following conditions must be accomplished to pass the course:
● A minimum overall grade of at least 5 over 10.
This document is a brief outline of the course and does not replace the official program of study
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