Spring 2027

Information Graphics

Information Graphics examines visual information representation theory and practice, focusing on creating clear graphical displays of data via location, time, category, hierarchy, and index.

offering recorded4 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Rachel Truitt

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.97 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=15 letter grades); Fall 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=15 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.83 GPA, 83.3% A/AB (n=12 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Gain an understanding of the ways in which data and visualization can be structured.

  • Demonstrate skills in the development of information graphics and their systemic application to a range of context.

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Prerequisites

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(ART 102 or 107),ART 346 and 438

ART 463 used by

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Professors

Spring 2027

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.97 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=15 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.83 GPA, 83.3% A/AB (n=12 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

RACHEL TRUITT is recorded teaching in Spring 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.97 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=15 letter grades); Fall 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=15 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.83 GPA, 83.3% A/AB (n=12 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Theory and practice of visual information representation.
  • Creating clear and effective graphical displays of data.
  • Key approaches: location, time, category, hierarchy, and index.

Skills

  • Creating clear and effective graphical displays of data using location, time, category, hierarchy, and index approaches.
  • Understanding how data and visualization can be structured.
  • Developing information graphics and applying them systemically to various contexts.

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ART 463 · Spring 2027

Information Graphics

Recorded 2026-10-29
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-29

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Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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