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11.454 Big Data, Visualization, and Society

Prereq: None
G (Spring)
Not offered regularly; consult department
12 Units

Data visualizations communicate the insights found in data to non-technical audiences. Students develop technical skills to work with big data to expose societal issues and communicate the insights. Focuses on different topics each year. After framing that topic, the first half of the subject focuses on learning to analyze the data with Python. The second half of the subject focuses on learning web-based data visualization tools (JavaScript and D3). Students learn data storytelling concepts and produce web-based data visualizations for their final projects. Throughout, students learn ethical data practices. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.

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Subject meets with 11.154
Credit cannot also be received for 6.8530, 6.C35[J], 6.C85[J], 11.154, 11.C35[J], 11.C85[J], CMS.C35[J], CMS.C85[J], IDS.C35[J], IDS.C85[J]