IS 445

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Data Visualization

Credit: 3 OR 4 hours.

Data visualization is crucial to conveying information drawn from models, observations or investigations. This course will provide an overview of historical and modern techniques for visualizing data, drawing on quantitative, statistical, and network-focused datasets. Topics will include construction of communicative visualizations, the modern software ecosystem of visualization, and techniques for aggregation and interpretation of data through visualization. Particular attention will be paid to the Python ecosystem and multi-dimensional quantitative datasets.

3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours.

This course satisfies the General Education Criteria in Fall 2022 for:

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IS 445 class schedule data for fall 2026
	Status		CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
			73217	Lecture-Discussion	ACG	9:00AM -11:50AM	M	Engineering Hall	Turk, M	Availability: CrossListOpen (Restricted) Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/24/26-12/09/26 Degree Notes: ONL Info Science rate course. Credit: 4 hours Section Info: Restricted to IS/INFO Majors and PhD initially. For more information on course restrictions, please visit https://uillinoisedu.sharepoint.com/sites/iSchool-Academics/SitePages/Fall-Course-Registration-Restrictions.aspx . Students with questions are asked to work with their advisor. Restriction(s): Restricted to students in the Illinois Informatics Institute or Information Sciences department. Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign. Restricted to MS:Library & Infor Sci -UIUC, MS:Lib & Inf Sci Online-UIUC, PHD:Library & Infor Sci -UIUC, PHD: Informatics - UIUC, PHD:Information Sciences -UIUC, or MS:Information Management-UIUC.
			76468	Lecture-Discussion	BCU	10:00AM -12:50PM	T	Gregory Hall	Naiman, J	Availability: CrossListOpen (Restricted) Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/24/26-12/09/26 Degree Notes: ONL Info Science rate course. Credit: 3 hours Section Info: Must have Junior or Senior standing. Restricted to IS Majors initially, INFO Minors may register starting June 30th by noon. For more information about this major, please visit: http://go.ischool.illinois.edu/BSIS. Questions may be sent to bsis-advising@illinois.edu. Restriction(s): Restricted to Informatics or Information Sciences or Data Science or Game Studies and Design or Information Sciences + DS major(s) or minor(s). Not intended for students with Freshman or Sophomore class standing. Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.