CSC 246 Information Visualization

4 Credit(s)

This course presents the basic science and techniques behind information visualization, introducing the latest visualization techniques and tools including programming languages used for analyzing and visualizing data. The course describes the principles of visual perception and information data types and focuses on the study, design, and development of visualization techniques for the analysis, comprehension, explanation, and visualization of large collections of datasets from the real world. The state-of-the-art visualization tools including programming language(s) will be applied and the course to help understand the subject and to design and generate visual interpretation of complex data from diverse areas. Exercises throughout the course provide a hands-on experience in using relevant programming libraries and software tools and students will form teams to participate in group projects. Three lecture hours and three hours of scheduled laboratory per week, plus additional project time outside class.
Prerequisite: CSC115.
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