Information Design (537-6-1)

Instructors

Eric Adrian Patrick
847/491-4229
AMS 214
Office Hours: Mondays 1:00PM-3:00PM, Wednesdays 10:00am-12:00pm

Meeting Info

TBA: TBA

Overview of class

In the age of big data, we increasingly need ways to present that data to persuade, inform, educate, and understand large volumes of information. Information design is an interdisciplinary field that tells us the stories of data, helping us to understand our increasingly complex world and share our conclusions with others. "Information" can be expanded beyond traditional data. Charts and visualizations to the information of physical spaces, software interfaces, publication design, and dashboards for diverse disciplines. While information design borrows from diverse fields like psychology, statistics, cartography, cognitive science, visual design and human machine interaction, there are a series of basic principles that make up the foundations of the field. At the conclusion of the class, students will have a solid understanding of how to secure and prepare data for visualization, how to choose a relevant visual framework to represent that data, and how to use principles of visual design to maximize comprehension, retention and appeal of those designs.

Enrollment Requirements

Enrollment Requirements: Only students in the MSC Online Leadership Program may enroll in this class.