Course detail

Visual Communication of Data

FA-VKD-NAcad. year: 2026/2027

Not applicable.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

2

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. RNDr. Michal Černý, Ph.D.

Department

Department of Theory (UT)

Entry knowledge

Not applicable.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Not applicable.

Aims

Not applicable.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

CAIRO, Alberto. The functional art: an introduction to information graphics and visualization. San Francisco: Peachpit Press, 2012, 363 pages. ISBN 03-218-3473-9 (EN)
MONMONIER, Mark S. How to lie with maps. 2nd ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, c1996, xiii, 207 p. ISBN 02-265-3421-9 (EN)
TUFTE, Edward R. The visual display of quantitative information. 2nd ed. Cheshire: Graphics Press, 2001, 197 s. ISBN 0-9613921-4-2. (EN)
WARE, Colin. Information Visualization: Perception for Design. 3rd ed. Boston: Morgan Kaufmann, 2012. ISBN 9780123814647. (EN)
YAU, Nathan. Data points : visualization that means something. Indianapolis: Wiley, 2013, xiii, 300. ISBN 9781118462195. (EN)
YAU, Nathan. Visualize this: the FlowingData guide to design, visualization, and statistics. Indianapolis, Ind.: Wiley Pub., c2011, xxvi, 358 p. ISBN 11-181-4025-7 (EN)

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme N_IPP Master's 2 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional

Type of course unit

 

Seminar

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. RNDr. Michal Černý, Ph.D.

Individual preparation for a colloquium

6 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. RNDr. Michal Černý, Ph.D.

Individual preparation for a project work

13 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. RNDr. Michal Černý, Ph.D.

Individual preparation - creating a presentation

7 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. RNDr. Michal Černý, Ph.D.
This course was created by the project Akcelerace zelených dovedností a udržitelnosti na VUT v Brně with registration number NPO_VUT_MSMT-2143/2024-5.