Course Schedule


Date Topic Activity Due
9/3 Welcome Activity 1
9/5 RStudio workshop Activity 2 CP 1
9/10 Univariate viz Activity 3 (qmd) HW 1, CP 2
9/12 Bivariate viz Activity 4 (qmd) CP 3
9/17 Multivariate viz Activity 5 (qmd) CP 4
9/19 Spatial viz Activity 6 (qmd) HW 2, CP 5
9/24 Effective viz Activity 7 (qmd) CP 6
9/26 Wrangling verbs Activity 8 (qmd) HW 3, CP 7
10/1 Quiz 1
10/3 Wrangling practice Activity 9 (qmd) CP 8
10/8 Reshaping data Activity 10 (qmd) HW 4, CP 9
10/10 Joining data Activity 11 (qmd) CP 10
10/15 Character data: Factors Activity 12(qmd) HW 5, CP 11, Quiz 1 revisions
10/17 Fall break
10/22 Character data: Strings Activity 13(qmd) CP 12
10/24 Midsemester review Activity 14(qmd), Review questions HW 6, CP 13
10/29 Quiz 2
10/31 Data Import Activity 15(qmd)
11/5 Exploratory Data Analysis Activity 16 (no qmd) CP 14
11/7 Project overview & brainstorming Activity 17 (no qmd) Project milestone 1 (due 11/6), Quiz 2 revisions, HW 7
11/12 Project narrowing Activity 18 (no qmd) Project milestone 2
11/14 Data storytelling Activity 19 (no qmd) HW 8
11/19 Structuring the story Activity 20 Project Milestone 3
11/21 Viz presentation & enhancements Activity 21
11/26 Work day Activity 22 Project Milestone 4
11/28 Thanksgiving break
12/3 One story Activity 23
12/5 Work day Activity 24 Project Milestone 5
12/10 Effective presentations Activity 25 Written report + supporting documentation
12/14 Project presentations (130-330pm) Final project reflection (due by 12pm), Presentation slides (email a link before 12pm)