Time Schedule:
Maureen Stone
INFO 424
Seattle Campus
Examines the visualization of information: the effects of human perception, the aesthetics of information design, the mechanics of visual display, and the semiotics of iconography. Examples may include census, epidemiological, crime, earth satellite, and medical data in the contexts of special computer applications, user populations, and cultures. Prerequisite: CSE 143.
Class description
This course teaches the key design principles and techniques used in visualizing information, together with the perceptual principles that support them. It is structured to provide both concrete experience with real data and tools as well as a broad view of the rich world of information visualization. Students will learn both how to design, and how to explore, analyze and evaluate.
Student learning goals
Students will learn to described the key design guidelines and techniques used for the visual display of information, including their relationship to human perception
Students will learn to design interactive visualizations to support human activities, using real data and a user-centered process
Students will learn to explore and critically evaluate a wide range of visualization techniques and applications
General method of instruction
Lectures for learning principles, discussing examples, illustrating techniques; computer labs for learning and using tools.
Recommended preparation
Class assignments and grading
Students will be required to complete reading assignments, perform exercises in design and analysis, and to work in a project team to design and simulate a rich, interactive visualization of real data. There will be no final or midterm, but there may be in-class quizzes.
