STA 313: Advanced Data Visualization

This page contains an outline of the topics, content, and assignments for the semester. Note that this schedule will be updated as the semester progresses and the timeline of topics and assignments might be updated throughout the semester.

WEEK DATE PREPARE TOPIC MATERIALS DUE
1 Wed, Jan 7
Welcome + Grammar of graphics slides-01

Thu, Jan 8 πŸ“š ggplot2-book - grammar
πŸ“š socviz
No lab
πŸ“‹ Getting to know you
2 Mon, Jan 12 πŸ“š ggplot2-book - Chp 13
πŸ“š ggplot2-book - Chp 14
πŸ“š ggplot2-book - Chp 15
Deep dive into ggplot2 layers


Wed, Jan 14 πŸ“š R4DS - Chp 6
πŸ“š R4DS - Chp 21
Data wrangling + tidying for visualization


Thu, Jan 15 πŸ“š ggplot2-book - Chp 16 Whole game

3 Mon, Jan 19
No lecture - Martin Luther King Jr. Day


Wed, Jan 21 πŸ“š ggplot2-book - Chp 8
πŸ“š ggplot2-book - Chp 17
πŸŽ₯ Cara Thompson - Dynamic annotations: tips and tricks
Themes + axes + annotation


Thu, Jan 22
Work on HW 1

4 Mon, Jan 26 To be posted To be posted
πŸ“ HW 1 at 5 pm

Wed, Jan 28 To be posted To be posted


Thu, Jan 29 To be posted Work on Project 1 proposals

5 Mon, Feb 2 To be posted To be posted


Wed, Feb 4 To be posted To be posted
πŸ“‘ Project 1 proposals for peer review at 1 pm

Thu, Feb 5 To be posted Peer review for Project 1 proposals + Work on HW 2

6 Mon, Feb 9 To be posted To be posted
πŸ“ HW 2 at 5 pm

Wed, Feb 11 To be posted 🎀 Guest lecture: Kieran Healey
Trustworthy Data Visualization



Thu, Feb 12 To be posted πŸ“œ Historical visualizations
Rubenstein Library visit


7 Mon, Feb 16 To be posted Du Bois visualizations
πŸ“½οΈπŸ“ Mini-project 1 at 5 pm

Wed, Feb 18 To be posted To be posted


Thu, Feb 19 To be posted Work on HW 3

8 Mon, Feb 23 To be posted To be posted
πŸ“ HW 3 at 5 pm

Wed, Feb 25 To be posted Presentation ready plots I


Thu, Feb 26 To be posted Project 1 presentations
πŸ“‘ Project 1
9 Mon, Mar 2 To be posted To be posted


Wed, Mar 4 To be posted To be posted


Thu, Mar 5 To be posted


10 Mon, Mar 9 To be posted No lecture - Spring Break


Wed, Mar 11 To be posted No lecture - Spring Break


Thu, Mar 12 To be posted No lab - Spring Break

11 Mon, Mar 16 To be posted To be posted


Wed, Mar 18 To be posted To be posted


Thu, Mar 19 To be posted Project 2 proposals + Work on HW 4

12 Mon, Mar 23 To be posted To be posted
πŸ“ HW 4 at 5 pm

Wed, Mar 25 To be posted To be posted
πŸ“‘ Project 2 proposals for peer review at 1 pm

Thu, Mar 26 To be posted Project 2 proposal peer review

13 Mon, Mar 30 To be posted To be posted
πŸ“½οΈπŸ“ Mini-project 2 at 5 pm

Wed, Apr 1 To be posted To be posted


Thu, Apr 2 To be posted Work on HW 5

14 Mon, Apr 6 To be posted To be posted
πŸ“ HW 5 at 5 pm

Wed, Apr 8 To be posted To be posted


Thu, Apr 9 To be posted Work on Project 2

15 Mon, Apr 13 To be posted To be posted


Wed, Apr 15 To be posted To be posted


Thu, Apr 16 To be posted Project 2 code review + Work on HW 6

16 Mon, Apr 20 To be posted To be posted
πŸ“ HW 6 at 5 pm

Wed, Apr 22 To be posted Presentation ready plots II


Thu, Apr 23 To be posted Project 2 presentations (2 pm - 5 pm)
πŸ“‘ Project 2