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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
YBS 7032	DATA VISUALIZATION AND REPORTING TECHNIQUES	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	7

Offered By

MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM NON-THESIS (EVENING)

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

Offered to

MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM NON-THESIS (EVENING)

Course Objective

The course objective is to develop students' ability to design and select methods for data and information visualization aiming to convey message to different target groups.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	To be able to discriminate among different data types
2	To be able to define the visualization aim
3	To be able to design for target group
4	To be able to select most appropriate method for visualization
5	To be able to produce visual material

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	Introduction and history
2	Effective visualization
3	Multidimensional data visualization
4	Exploratory data analysis I
5	Exploratory data analysis II
6	Visualization trees
7	Mid-term exam
8	Kernel density method
9	Regression
10	Smoothing techniques
11	Cluster analysis and finite mixture models
12	Matrix visualization I
13	Matrix visualization II
14	Animation

Recomended or Required Reading

Chen, C., Härdle W., and Unwin, A. (Eds), Handbook of Data Visualization, Springer, 2008.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Detailed description is given below and in "Workload computation section".

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER	SHORT CODE	LONG CODE	FORMULA
1	MTE	MIDTERM EXAM
2	STT	TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3	FIN	FINAL EXAM
4	FCG	FINAL COURSE GRADE	MTE * 0.20 + STT* 0.40 + FIN* 0.40
5	RST	RESIT
6	FCGR	FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT)	MTE * 0.20 + STT * 0.40 + RST* 0.40

*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Students will solve two software assignments indvidually. They will undergo two exams, one mid-term and one final, which consist of open-ended and programming sessions.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Assist. Prof. Dr. Mehmet Güven Koçak
DEÜ Dokuzçeşmeler Kampüsü
Yönetim Bilişim Sistemleri Bölümü
Buca 35400 Izmir
e-mail: guven.kocak at deu.edu.tr
Phone: 0 232 301 0760

Office Hours

On the very day of the course: 0900-1700

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures	13	3	39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures	13	5	65
Preparation for midterm exam	1	4	4
Preparation for quiz etc.	2	12	24
Preparing presentations	1	24	24
Preparation for final exam	1	8	8
Midterm	1	3	3
Final	1	3	3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			170

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.1	PO.2	PO.3	PO.4	PO.5	PO.6	PO.7	PO.8	PO.9	PO.10	PO.11
LO.1	5	5	5	5	5	4	3	4	3	3	3
LO.2	5	5	5	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3
LO.3	3	3	5	3	5	5	4	4	3	3	3
LO.4	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	3	3	3
LO.5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	3	3	3

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Description of Individual Course Units

Offered By

Level of Course Unit

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Course Objective

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

Recomended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Assessment Criteria

Language of Instruction

Course Policies and Rules

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Office Hours

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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