INF STD 278Information and Visualization
Information Studies · 4 units · Graduate courses (200-299)
Access to and analysis of information through visualization has become increasingly prevalent as digital tools have made creation of such visualizations easier and more popular. Many software tools for such visualizations come from statistical packages; others come from GIS or spatial mapping, while others are more diagrammatic in design. Basic organization of graphical user interfaces depends on visualization of function, structure of and assumptions about user experience, and other graphical features that embody models of information in daily use. What are ways in which organization of visualization presents arguments about knowledge? What historical and critical tools can be brought into useful dialog with contemporary visualizations?
Letter grading.
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Not on the schedule for any of Fall 2025 through Spring 2027. UCLA publishes only that window, so this does not mean the course is gone — check the official listing.
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