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	📚 ggplot2-book - grammar 📚 socviz	No lab		📋 Getting to know you
2	Mon, Jan 12	📚 ggplot2-book - Chp 13 📚 ggplot2-book - Chp 14 📚 ggplot2-book - Chp 15	Deep dive into ggplot2 layers	slides-02 ae-01
	Wed, Jan 14	📚 R4DS - Chp 5 📚 R4DS - Chp 19.1-19.4	Data wrangling + tidying for visualization	slides-03 ae-02
	Thu, Jan 15	📚 ggplot2-book - Chp 16	Workflow overview + Work on HW 1
3	Mon, Jan 19		No lecture - Martin Luther King Jr. Day
	Wed, Jan 21	📚 ggplot2-book - Chp 8 📚 ggplot2-book - Chp 17 🎥 Cara Thompson - Dynamic annotations: tips and tricks	Themes + axes + annotation	slides-04 ae-03
	Thu, Jan 22		Work on HW 1
4	Mon, Jan 26	📚 fdv - Chp 13	Visualizing time series data I	slides-05 ae-04	📝 HW 1 at 5 pm
	Wed, Jan 28	📚 fdv - Chp 14	Visualizing time series data II	slides-06 ae-05
	Thu, Jan 29		Work on Project 1 proposals
5	Mon, Feb 2	📚 fdv - Chp 10 📚 fdv - Chp 11	Visualizing Likert data I
	Wed, Feb 4	📃 The case against diverging stacked bars 📃 On Likert Scales In R	Visualizing Likert data II		📑 Project 1 proposals for peer review at 1 pm
	Thu, Feb 5		Peer review for Project 1 proposals + Work on HW 2
6	Mon, Feb 9		To be posted		📝 HW 2 at 5 pm
	Wed, Feb 11	📃 Trustworthy by Design: The Viewer’s Perspective on Trust in Data Visualization	🎤 Guest lecture: Kieran Healey Trustworthy Data Visualization		📑 Project 1 proposals for instructor review at 1 pm
	Thu, Feb 12	🎧 Florence Nightingale: Data Viz Pioneer	📜 Historical visualizations Rubenstein Library visit (Meet in Rubenstein 349)
7	Mon, Feb 16	📃 Six part series on W.E.B. Du Bois’ legacy	Du Bois visualizations		📽️📝 Mini-project 1 at 5 pm
	Wed, Feb 18	To be posted	Visualizing uncertainty I
	Thu, Feb 19	To be posted	Work on HW 3
8	Mon, Feb 23	To be posted	Visualizing uncertainty II		📝 HW 3 at 5 pm
	Wed, Feb 25	To be posted	Presentation ready plots I
	Thu, Feb 26	To be posted	Project 1 presentations		📑 Project 1
9	Mon, Mar 2	To be posted	Visualizing geospatial data I
	Wed, Mar 4	To be posted	Visualizing geospatial data II
	Thu, Mar 5	To be posted	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	Accessibility
	Wed, Mar 18	To be posted	Tables
	Thu, Mar 19	To be posted	Project 2 proposals + Work on HW 4
12	Mon, Mar 23	To be posted	*Dashboards I		📝 HW 4 at 5 pm
	Wed, Mar 25	To be posted	*Dashboards II		📑 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	Python dataviz I		📽️📝 Mini-project 2 at 5 pm
	Wed, Apr 1	To be posted	Python dataviz II
	Thu, Apr 2	To be posted	Work on HW 5
14	Mon, Apr 6	To be posted	Python dataviz III		📝 HW 5 at 5 pm
	Wed, Apr 8	To be posted	Python dataviz IV
	Thu, Apr 9	To be posted	Work on Project 2
15	Mon, Apr 13	To be posted	Dataviz and AI I
	Wed, Apr 15	To be posted	Dataviz and AI II
	Thu, Apr 16	To be posted	Project 2 code review + Work on HW 6
16	Mon, Apr 20	To be posted	Generative art		📝 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)		📑 Project 2