Schedule

Here’s an outline of topics for the semester. It’s subject to change. There are up to three kinds of link each week:

Content () links: These pages contain links to the readings and other material for each week. Read these before class. Lecture slide decks will also appear on these pages.
Example () links: These pages contain annotated R code and other supplementary information that you can use as a reference for your assignments and projects. It is also where any impromptu stuff we do in class will end up.
Assignment () links: These pages contain the instructions for each problem set. The problem set problem set assiged in any given week is due by the end of the following Monday. The midterm and final projects are due on their deadlines by the end of the day.

Subscribe to the class calendar

You can subscribe to this calendar URL in Outlook, Google Calendar, or Apple Calendar:

		Topic
Week 1	Jan 12	Orientation
Week 2	Jan 17 / Jan 19	Make Some Graphs in R
Week 3	Jan 24 / Jan 26	Ways of Seeing
Week 4	Jan 31 / Feb 2	How ggplot Thinks
Week 5	Feb 7 / Feb 9	Show the Right Numbers
Week 6	Feb 14 / Feb 16	Expanding your Vocabulary

		Topic	Content	Example	Assignment
Midterm Assignment	Due Feb 21	Midterm Assignment

		Topic
Week 7	Feb 21 / Feb 23	Counting People
Week 8	Feb 28 / Mar 2	Trends and Time Series
Week 9	Mar 6 / Mar 8	Maps and Spatial Data
Week 10	Mar 13 / Mar 15	Spring Break
Week 11	Mar 20 / Mar 22	Maps and Spatial Data II
Week 12	Mar 27 / Mar 29	Text as Data
Week 13	Apr 3 / Apr 5	Social Networks
Week 14	Apr 10 / Apr 12	Polishing and Presenting
Week 15	Apr 17 / Apr 19	Extras: Animation

		Topic	Content	Example	Assignment
Final Project	Due Apr 26	Final Project