Schedule

Mondays, Wednesdays
1–2:30pm ET
45-230

Thursdays
3–4pm ET
45-102

Thursdays
4–5pm ET
32-082

Quick jump to current week ⬇️

Week 1

Mon, Feb 2	The Value of Visualization & Intro the Housing Crisis assigned A1: Data, Visualization, and Housing
Asynchronous	Tech Stack Setup
Wed, Feb 4	Data & Image Models (Optional) Interactive Workbook: Practicing Data Types, Graphical Marks, and Visual Encoding Channels with Vega-Lite
Thu, Feb 5	Intro to Web Technologies & HTML
Thu, Feb 5	Norman, D. A. (1993). Chapter 3: The Power of Representation. In Things That Make Us Smart: Defending Human Attributes in the Age of the Machine.

Week 2

Mon, Feb 9	Case Studies in Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA) due A1: Data, Visualization, and Housing assigned A2: Exploratory Visual Analysis
Wed, Feb 11	EDA with Tableau (FEC Election Spending) Lecture Recording Polaris: A System for Query, Analysis, and Visualization of Multidimensional Relational Databases
Thu, Feb 12	CSS & Design Systems

Week 3

Tue, Feb 17	Effective Visual Encoding: Designing for Perception
Wed, Feb 18	Expressive Visual Encoding: Space & Annotation due A2: Exploratory Visual Analysis assigned A3: Visualization Critique & Redesign
Thu, Feb 19	Svelte.js I (Templating & Control Flow)
Thu, Feb 19	D’Ignazio, C. and Klein, L. (2020). Chapter 3: On Rational, Scientific, Objective Viewpoints from Mythical, Imaginary, Impossible Standpoints. In Data Feminism.

Week 4

Mon, Feb 23	CANCELLED: SNOW DAY! Housing History & Policy Priorities in MA (2025 lecture recording) 2025 Lecture Slides Additional 2026 notes: Current Housing Policy & Subthemes
Wed, Feb 25	Narrative Visualization due A3: Visualization Critique & Redesign assigned A4: Persuasive/Deceptive Visualization assigned FP0: Team Formation
Thu, Feb 26	Svelte.js II (Layouts & Reactivity)
Thu, Feb 26	Homes for Profit: Speculation and Investment in Greater Boston

Week 5

Mon, Mar 2	Data Client (MAPC) Visits Lecture Recording A Home for Everyone - Massachusetts’ Statewide Housing Plan
Wed, Mar 4	Guest Lecture: Making “The Important” Visible, by Zan Armstrong About Zan Armstrong due A4: Persuasive/Deceptive Visualization due FP0: Team Formation assigned FP1: Project Pitch
Thu, Mar 5	Svelte.js III (Loading Data & Scrollytelling)

Week 6

Mon, Mar 9	Introduction to Web-Based Visualization with Svelte + D3 Lecture Recording
Wed, Mar 11	Annotation & Interaction with Svelte + D3 Lecture Recording
Thu, Mar 12	D3 I (Data wrangling, scales, and axes)
Thu, Mar 12	He, H. A., Walny, J., Thoma, S., Carpendale, S., & Willett, W. (2023). Enthusiastic and grounded, avoidant and cautious: Understanding public receptivity to data and visualizations. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics.

Week 7

Mon, Mar 16	FP Pitch Presentations I due FP1: Project Pitch assigned FP2: Proof-of-Concept
Wed, Mar 18	FP Pitch Presentations II
Thu, Mar 19	D3 II (Intro to Interaction)
Thu, Mar 19	Pattillo, M. (2013). Housing: Commodity Versus Right. Annual Review of Sociology 39: 509-31.

Week 8

Spring Break

Week 9

Mon, Mar 30	Mapping & Cartographic Design
Wed, Apr 1	Intro to GIS, Map Projections, Census Data, and Spatial Analysis Intro to QGIS: 1. download and install QGIS Intro to QGIS: 2. download QGIS DEMO files
Thu, Apr 2	D3 III (Advanced Interaction Techniques)
Thu, Apr 2	Connolly, N. D. B., Winling, L., Nelson R. K., and Marciano, R. (2018). Mapping inequality: ‘Big data’ meets social history in the story of redlining. In The Routledge Companion to Spatial History, pp. 502-524.

Week 10

Mon, Apr 6	A Tour through the Interaction Zoo
Wed, Apr 8	Animation Design due FP2: Proof-of-Concept assigned FP3: Minimal Viable Product
Thu, Apr 9	Geospatial visualizations

Week 11

Mon, Apr 13	Color Theory and Design
Wed, Apr 15	Accessible Design
Thu, Apr 16	Accessibility
Thu, Apr 16	Chundury, P., Patnaik, B., Reyazuddin, Y., Tang, C., Lazar, J., & Elmqvist, N. (2021). Towards Understanding Sensory Substitution for Accessible Visualization: An Interview Study. IEEE TVCG

Week 12

Mon, Apr 20	Patriots’ Day
Wed, Apr 22	Guest Lecture: Error & Uncertainty, by Lace Padilla

Week 13

Mon, Apr 27	Final Project MVP Presentations I due FP3: Minimal Viable Product assigned FP4: Final Deliverables
Wed, Apr 29	Final Project MVP Presentations II
Thu, Apr 30	Lee, C., Yang, T., Inchoco, G., Jones, G.M., & Satyanarayan, A. (2021). Viral Visualizations: How Coronavirus Skeptics Use Orthodox Data Practices to Promote Unorthodox Science Online. ACM CHI 2021.
Fri, May 1	Final Project MVP Peer Critiques due FP3: Minimal Viable Product

Week 14

Week 15

Mon, May 11

Final Project Showcase due FP4: Final Deliverables