SDS 366 Schedule Spring 2026
Lectures
1. Jan 13, 2026—Introduction
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2. Jan 15, 2026—Aesthetic mappings and the Grammar of Graphics
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3. Jan 20, 2026—Visualizing amounts/telling a story
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- Slides Part I (visualizing amounts)
- Worksheet Part I
- Slides Part II (telling a story)
4. Jan 22, 2026—Coordinate systems and axes
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5. Jan 29, 2026—Visualizing distributions 1
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6. Feb 3, 2026—Visualizing distributions 2
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7. Feb 5, 2026—Color scales
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8. Feb 10, 2026—Color spaces and color-vision deficiency
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9. Feb 12, 2026—Data wrangling
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- Slides Part I (pipe, sorting, filtering, mutating)
- Worksheet Part I
- Slides Part II (summarizing, pivoting, joining)
- Worksheet Part II
Assignment due dates
All assignments (homeworks, projects, peer grading) are due by 11:59pm on the day they are due.
| Date | Assignment due |
|---|---|
| Jan 22, 2026 | Homework 1 |
| Jan 29, 2026 | Homework 2 |
| Feb 5, 2026 | Homework 3 |
| Feb 12, 2026 | Project 1 |
| Feb 19, 2026 | Peer grading, Project 1 |
| Feb 26, 2026 | Homework 4 |
| Mar 5, 2026 | Homework 5 |
| Mar 12, 2026 | Project 2 |
| Mar 26, 2026 | Peer grading, Project 2 |
| Apr 2, 2026 | Homework 6 |
| Apr 9, 2026 | Homework 7 |
| Apr 16, 2026 | Project 3 |
| Apr 23, 2026 | Peer grading, Project 3 |