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Students will learn to prepare and deliver effective business presentations. Students will create professional visualizations for business analytics solutions using state of the art applications such as Tableau and R package ggplot2. Upon completing the course, students will:     1. Explain the importance of visualization in today’s data driven business environment2. Synthetize best practices in data visualization3. Explain principles of visualization associated with effective analysis and presentation4. Compare software applications that create professional visualizations5. Illustrate different types of visualization applied to Business6. Construct data visualizations that deliver a strong business message7. Communicate persuasive data supported business insights supported by professional visualizations *The learning goals displayed here are those for one section of this course as offered in a recent semester, and are provided for the purpose of information only. The exact learning goals for each course section in a specific semester will be stated on the syllabus distributed at the start of the semester, and may differ in wording and emphasis from those shown here.DSC 682: Data Visualization For
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Sections Offered: Fall 2026
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0207-682-001
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0207-682-002
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3
Sections Offered: Summer 2026, Summer I
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0207-682-001
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Sections Offered: Spring 2026
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0207-682-001
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0207-682-301
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