Data Visualization and Communication
Learn to create accurate visualizations and improve your presentation skills
Program Fast Facts
- Start date: March 4, 2021
- Live online classes meet Thursdays 7 - 8:30 p.m. CT
+3.5 hours/week of self-paced study
- Online
- 4.5 months
- 3,895 Priority Tuition
(expires two weeks before start date)
$4,145 Standard Tuition
Data Visualization and Communication
Next program starts March 4, 2021
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March 4, 2021 |
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4.5 months
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Live online classes meet Thursdays 7 – 8:30 p.m. Central Time
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Cost: |
Priority Rate (until two weeks before start date): $3,895
Standard Rate: $4,145
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You’ll learn how to:
- Implement the best practices of data visualization design
- Choose the most appropriate chart or graph to represent different types data
- Build your own data visualization toolbox of applications and websites
- Design presentations, infographics and dashboards
- Communicate trends, relationships and patterns in multiple formats
- Understand the elements of effective storytelling
- Tailor your presentation to your audience
- Turn data into actionable insights for data-driven business decisions
- Complete a capstone project to include in your business portfolio
This program is designed for:
- Managers
- Entrepreneurs
- Sales & marketing professionals
- Data analysts
- Data scientists
- Product managers
- Engineers & developers
- Researchers & designers
- Accounting & finance professionals
- Operations & logistics managers
- PR professionals
- Any professionals who interpret, present and share data
Requirements
Skills and Experience Required
- Computer literacy, file management skills and basic familiarity with web browsing
- Some prior experience working with data sets
- Basic concepts in math and statistics
- Basic understanding of working with data and creating charts in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
- Some prior experience building and giving presentations with PowerPoint
- Beginner-level experience delivering presentations to an audience
- English proficiency. If you're not a native English speaker, you’ll need to have at least basic English language skills to enroll.
Textbooks
- Cool Infographics: Effective Communication with Data Visualization and Design by Randy Krum (ISBN-13:978-1118582305 ISBN-10:1118582306)
- Storytelling with Data: A Data Visualization Guide for Business Professionals by Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic (ISBN-13:978-1119002253 ISBN-10:1119002257)
Technical Requirements
- Computer (Windows or Mac) with high-speed internet connection
- Webcam and microphone for participation in all live class sessions
- Microsoft Office 365
- Adobe Acrobat Reader (or other PDF reader)
- Modern web browser (Firefox or Chrome recommended)
- You need the authority to install applications on your computer
- Technical Software Used Throughout the Certificate
- Microsoft Excel
- Wordle
- Tableau
- Batch Geo
- Office 365