Data Visualisation

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• the principles of information design;
• the principles of interaction design.

Subject Specific Practical Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• construct effective data visualisations, including both static and interactive visualisations.

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• interpret and criticise data visualisations, and identify those that are misleading.

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• critically assess different methods of data visualisation and select one appropriate for a particular purpose and audience.

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.