CS 625 - Data Visualization

Fall 2025: asynchronous, online

Class Resources at GitHub     Syllabus (pdf)     Slides

Course Overview

“The purpose of visualization is insight, not pictures.” -Ben Shneiderman

Catalog Description: This course covers the theory and application of data visualization. This includes issues in data cleaning to prepare data for visualization, theory behind mapping data to appropriate visual representations, introduction to visual analytics, and tools used for data analysis and visualization. Modern visualization software and tools will be used to analyze and visualize real-world datasets to reinforce the concepts covered in the course.

Sections

  • CRN 15507 - WEB2 (in Hampton Roads)
  • CRN 15508 - WEB5 (in Virginia, but outside of Hampton Roads)
  • CRN 15509 - WEB7 (in the US, but outside of Virginia)