CSC 485A / 586A / SENG 480A - Visualization Fall 2006

Overview Schedule & Readings Structure Assignments Project Resources

Class Time and Location

Tue / Wed / Fri 11:30 - 12:30 in ECS 130

Instructor & Office Hours

Melanie Tory
ECS 568
Email: mtory at csc.uvic.ca

Office hours: Tues 10 - 11:15 am, Friday 12:30 - 2 pm

Required Textbooks

Colin Ware, Information Visualization: Perception for Design, 2nd edition,
Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, ISBN 1-55860-819-2

Edward Tufte, Envisioning Information,
Graphics Press, ISBN 0961392118

Objectives

By the end of this course, students will be able to...

Design visualization techniques to support human activities, using a user-centered process.
Describe visualization design guidelines, and explain the guidelines in terms of human perception and cognition.
Critically evaluate visualization techniques, tools, and research papers.
Describe major sub-disciplines within the field of visualization.

Grades

Grades are available by WebCT.

Credit:

Much of this course, including assignment 1 and the project, is based on Tamara Munzner's Information Visualization course at UBC.