Armann Ingolfsson, PhD, SM, BSc
Fall Term 2025 (1930)
MMA 603 - Data Visualization and Business Communications
3 units (fi 6)(FIRST, 3-0-0)
This course equips students with the ability to turn raw data into meaningful visualizations and communicate these insights in a business context. It covers the essentials of effective data visualization, visual design principles, and storytelling with data. Through hands-on practice with tools like Tableau and Excel, students will learn to create and interpret various visualizations, focusing on selecting the most appropriate visual forms to accurately reflect data and address business queries. Restricted to students registered in the MMA Program. Non-MMA students require consent of home dept and the Masters Programs Office.
LECTURE A01 (58671)
2025-09-02 - 2025-12-08
T 14:00 - 16:50
Winter Term 2026 (1940)
OM 421 - Data Visualization
3 units (fi 6)(EITHER, 3-0-0)
Visual displays of quantitative information include charts, tables, maps, dashboards, animations, and more. Such displays can be used to understand, to inform, and to convince. This course will focus on strategies for carefully and clearly communicating analytical findings to the people who need to take action based on them. We will learn to use both basic tools (MS Excel) and advanced tools (Tableau and R) to create visual displays. Evaluation components will include assignments, presentations, and exams (midterm and final exam). Prerequisites: MGTSC 312.
LECTURE B01 (85589)
2026-01-05 - 2026-04-10
TR 11:00 - 12:20
LECTURE B02 (85590)
2026-01-05 - 2026-04-10
TR 14:00 - 15:20