DSC 402 - Data Visualization for Exploratory Data Analysis

(Formerly DSC 302.) At least junior standing. (4)

Study of visualization methods using a wide range of tools, from scripting languages to off-the-shelf software packages, and select topics in data science and machine learning. Overview of design and information literacy; ethical aspects of visualization; fundamental data manipulation techniques such as data preprocessing and dimension reduction; challenges in temporal, geo-spatial and network data visualization using appropriate tools. Graded ABCDE