Syllabus   [updated 5.3.06]

Week 1: February 1, 2006
Introduction to Principles of Visual Design: visual variables

Part One: Icons and Interface Widgets
Assignment 1, Due March 1

Week 2: February 8, 2006
Mullet and Sano, pp. 1-87

Week 3: February 15, 2006
Mullet and Sano, pp. 169-245

Week 4: February 22, 2006
Mullet and Sano, pp. 89-168
Students present drafts of Assignment 1 for evaluation and feedback

Part Two: Analyzing and Representing Data
Assignment 2, Due March 29

Week 5: March 1, 2006
Tufte, pp. 9-65
Tufte, Powerpoint Does Rocket Science

Week 6: March 8, 2006
Tufte, pp. 66-121
Tufte, Mapped Pictures
Tufte et al., London Underground maps

Part Three: Analyzing and Representing Processes
Assignment 3, Due April 19

Week 7: March 15, 2006
Tufte, Links, Causal Arrows, Networks
Students present drafts of Assignment 2 for evaluation and feedback
Introduction to Visio

Week 8: March 22, 2006
Spring Break

Week 9: March 29, 2006
No Class

Week 10: April 5, 2006
Kahn and Lenk, pp. 8-25; 34-69
Garrett, Visual Vocabulary for Information Architecture

Week 11: April 12, 2006
Kahn and Lenk, pp. 26-33
Students present drafts of Assignment 3 for evaluation and feedback

Part Four: States, Relationships, and Maps
Assignment 4, Due May 10

Week 12: April 19, 2006
No class; lecture on 4-20-06 instead.

Week 13: April 26, 2006
We WILL hold class!
Fishnet, a fish-eye browser
Visualizing Search Results

Week 14: May 3, 2006
NOTE CHANGES:
Fishnet, a fish-eye browser
Visualizing Search Results

Week 15: May 10, 2006
NOTE CHANGES:
Students present drafts of Assignment 4 for evaluation and feedback

Week XX: May 17, 2006
NOTE CHANGES:
Assignment 4 due