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Pedro M. Cruz

Pedro M. Cruz

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Art + Design

Department of Art + Design is offering new and notable graduate courses for Summer 2019 open to all graduate students!

CRN: 61072
ARTG 5150.1 Information Visualization Principles and Practices
Instructor: Pedro Miguel A. Cruz
Online Instruction

Overview: Introduces information visualization from theoretical and practical perspectives. Defines the information visualization domain and advances principles and methods for the effective visual representation of data. Contextualizes the field from a historical perspective. Presents the perceptual and cognitive tasks enabled by visualizations. Studies an extensive range of visualization models. Illustrates good and bad practices in visualization with real-world examples. Introduces concepts in computer programming in an information visualization context.

CRN: 61214
ARTG 5151.1 Information Design Critique Seminar
Instructor: Pedro Miguel A. Cruz
Online Instruction

Overview: Requires students to present their work in design critique sessions to peers, faculty, and guests. Through these critiques, offers students an opportunity to improve their projects based on feedback, learn how to present their work effectively, and articulate design problems in verbal discourse. Can only be taken in conjunction with ARTG 5150.

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