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Information Systems Depth Elective
Information Systems Major: Business Analytics Track
Technology for Business Second Major: Business Analytics Track

Upon completion of the course, students will be able to:

•  Understand the basic concepts, theories, and methodologies of Visual Analytics
•  Analyze data using appropriate visual thinking and visual analytics techniques
•  Present data using appropriate visual communication and graphical methods
•  Designing and implementing cutting-edge Visual Analytics applications for supporting decision making

#	Description
1.	Explaining the concepts and principles of Visual Analytics.
2.	Describing the differences between Visual Analytics, Data Visualisation, Statistical Graphs, and Infographics.
3.	Explaining the basic concept of visual variables and applying these concepts and best practice in designing data-driven static graphs.
4.	Explaining interactive techniques and best practice, and applying these techniques in designing interactive data visualisation.
5.	Understanding the data characteristics of numerical data and building data visualisation by using appropriate univariate graphical methods.
6.	Understanding the characteristics of multivariate data and building data visualisation by using appropriate multivariate visualisation methods.
7.	Understanding the characteristics of time-series data and building data visualisation by using appropriate time-series visualisation methods.
8.	Understanding the characteristics of geographical data and building data visualisation by using appropriate geo-visualisation methods.
9.	Understanding the characteristics of network data and building data visualisation by using appropriate network graph visualisation methods.
10.	Explain the concepts and principles of Information Dashboard.
11.	Building business dashboard by using Commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) software.
12.	Designing visual analytics application programmatically by using free and open source software and packages.

Assessment Categories	Weightage (%)
Class Participation	10
Individual Assignments	40
Class Tests	10
Visual Analytics Project	40