This undergraduate-level course introduces students to creating data visualisations in the R programming language along with key concepts in information and graphic design, data feminism, and data storytelling.
Module Outline Reading & Resource List
Live lecture slides:
- Week 1: Overview and Introduction
- Week 2: Interpreting a Data Visualisation
- Week 3: Data Storytelling
- Week 4: Chart Types
- Week 5: Visual Design
- Week 6: Reading Week
- Week 7: Publishing a data visualisation
- Week 8: Maps
- Week 9: Guest lecture
- Week 10: Best practice for whom?
- Week 11: Skills audit and assessment
Within each of the folders of this repository is a handout with R code and exercises/challenges to develop a range of data visualisations, along with activities to learn practical data tidying skills. You will need to have R and RStudio installed on your computer to follow these.