SDS 366 Schedule Fall 2026
Lectures
1. Aug 24, 2026—Introduction
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2. Aug 26, 2026—Aesthetic mappings and the Grammar of Graphics
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3. Aug 31, 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. Sep 2, 2026—Coordinate systems and axes
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5. Sep 9, 2026—Visualizing distributions 1
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6. Sep 14, 2026—Visualizing distributions 2
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7. Sep 16, 2026—Color scales
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8. Sep 21, 2026—Color spaces and color-vision deficiency
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9. Sep 23, 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 on Thursdays by 11:59pm Central time.
| Date | Assignment due |
|---|---|
| Sep 3, 2026 | Homework 1 |
| Sep 10, 2026 | Homework 2 |
| Sep 17, 2026 | Homework 3 |
| Sep 24, 2026 | Project 1 |
| Oct 1, 2026 | Peer grading, Project 1 |
| Oct 8, 2026 | Homework 4 |
| Oct 15, 2026 | Homework 5 |
| Oct 22, 2026 | Project 2 |
| Oct 29, 2026 | Peer grading, Project 2 |
| Nov 5, 2026 | Homework 6 |
| Nov 12, 2026 | Homework 7 |
| Nov 19, 2026 | Project 3 |
| Dec 3, 2026 | Peer grading, Project 3 |