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2019-2020 Academic Catalog: Addendum A 
    
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2019-2020 Academic Catalog: Addendum A [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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GD 2410 - Information Visualization

Credits: 3

This sophomore course focuses on information design, information architecture, and information visualization. In group and individual projects, students learn strategies to organize and display data from tabular data to graphs, charts, and infographics. Storytelling will be utilized to make data more accessible and relatable. New technologies will be exercised for dynamic data displays. Upon successful completion of this course, students demonstrate a responsible use of data, molding it into information that enhances knowledge and understanding.

Prerequisites: GD 1000 - Typography , GD 2210 - Vector Illustration  and GD 2220 - Raster Image Processing  

Course Learning Outcomes:
  • Translate data into a relevant visual form.
  • Assess why information design and data visualization is successful.
  • Articulate why information design and data visualization is successful.
  • Organize, analyze and present information.


Required Textbooks:
ON-CAMPUS: Visualize This - ISBN: 9780470944882

ONLINE: Visual Language for Designers: Principles for Creating Graphics That People Understand - ISBN: 9781592537419


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