Data Visualization Applications

With today’s world increasingly revolving around data, skills in data management, analysis, and visualization have become essential and in demand across industries, especially social work. This course empowers students without a math or statistics background to work effectively with data and data management systems. Strong computer competencies are required. The course covers three major areas to help you acquire practical skills for working with data across various settings.

• Data Preparation: Learn the challenges of dealing with messy, real-world data. Hands-on exercises teach you how to clean, organize, and manage data.
• Data Visualization: Discover how to create charts and graphs to bring out key insights and patterns embedded in your data. You will learn to select optimal strategies based on your type of data and your audience’s information needs.
• Data Storytelling: Tie together all the knowledge and skills by learning to design interactive dashboards with engaging data narratives. We'll explore essential design principles concerning layout, color, and typography. The course culminates with a capstone project, where you'll apply and display your new skills by building an interactive dashboard on a topic that interests you. This project will be a valuable addition to your professional portfolio, displaying a diverse set of in-demand skills.