Calendarin PagesAugust 28, 2026 (Last Modified: September 18, 2026)WeekMondayWednesdayFridayWelcome: What is Vis?1Reading 0-1Sep 2Lecture:Sep 4Reading Survey 0: IntroductionAssignment: None2Reading 0-2Sep 7Lecture:Sep 9Lecture:Sep 11Content Survey 0: Experiential ReadingsSeek and Find 0: Bring a VisualizationVideo Experiment 0Module 1: Building Blocks3Reading 1-1Sep 14Lecture:Sep 16Lecture:Sep 18Reading Survey 1: Building BlocksSeek and Find 1: Data, Tasks, Encodings4Reading 1-2Sep 21Lecture:Sep 23Lecture:Sep 25Content Survey 1: Building BlocksDesign Warmup 1: Ask Questions, Sketch Answers5Sep 28Lecture:Sep 30Lecture:Oct 2Anonymous Survey 1: Attitudes and PreferencesDesign Exercise 1: Sketches and QuestionsModule 2: Methodology: Making and Using Visualizations6Reading 2-1Oct 5Lecture:Oct 7Lecture:Oct 9Reading Survey 2: Implementation and MethodologySeek and Find 2: Too much stuff7Reading 2-2Oct 12Lecture:Oct 14Lecture:Oct 16Content Survey 2: Implementation and MethodologyDesign Warmup 2: Make my visualizations8Oct 19Lecture:Oct 21Lecture:Oct 23Anonymous Survey 2: How is this working?Design Exercise 2: Life Expectancy (stories)Module 3: Principles and Formalism9Reading 3-1Oct 26Lecture:Oct 28Lecture:Oct 30Reading Survey 3: Principles and FormalismSeek and Find 3: Comparison (SF4)10Reading 3-2Nov 2Lecture:Nov 4Lecture:Nov 6Content Survey 3: Principles and FormalismDesign Warmup 3: Working with Census Data11Nov 9Lecture:Nov 11Lecture:Nov 13Anonymous Survey 3: Check InDesign Exercise 3: Census (aggregations)Module 4: Standard (Hard) Problems12Reading 4-1Nov 16Lecture:Nov 18Lecture:Nov 20Reading Survey 4: Hard ProblemsSeek and Find 4: Graphs13Reading 4-2Nov 23Lecture:Nov 25Lecture:Nov 27Thanksgiving BreakDesign Warmup 4: Experiment with Flight Data (distributions)14Nov 30Lecture:Dec 2Lecture:Dec 4Content Survey 4: Hard ProblemsDesign Exercise 4: More Flight DataWrap Up15Reading 5-1Dec 7Lecture:Dec 9Lecture:Dec 11Anonymous Survey 4: Class SurveyDesign Exercise 5: Portfolio (Resubmissions)
