Data Visualization
DSC 106, Fall 2026 at UC San Diego
Soohyun Nam Liao
she/her
Lecture: Section 001: TuTh 3:30-4:50pm in Coalition Building B27
Section 002: TuTh 11:00am-12:20pm in Podemos 1A19
Office Hours: TBD
Week 1
- Tue Sep 29
LEC 2
Data & Image Models
- Wed Sep 30
PROJ 1
- Thu Oct 1
LEC 3
(In)Effective Visual Encoding
BONUS
How will Project 1 be graded?
- Fri Oct 2
LAB 1
Lab 1
Week 3
- Tue Oct 13
LEC 6
JavaScript
- Wed Oct 14
PROJ 2
- Thu Oct 15
LEC 7a
Working in Teams
LEC 7b
How will Project 2 be graded?
LEC 7c
D3.js Part 1
- Fri Oct 16
LAB 3
Lab 3
Week 4
- Tue Oct 20
LEC 8
D3.js Part 2
- Wed Oct 21
PROJ 2
Project 2: Deceptive Visualization
- Thu Oct 22
LEC 9
Interaction
- Fri Oct 23
LAB 4
Lab 4
Week 5
- Tue Oct 27
LEC 10
Climate Datasets (Guest Lecture: Duncan Watson-Parris)
- Wed Oct 28
PROJ 3
PROJ 2
Project 2 Peer Review
- Thu Oct 29
LEC 11
Climate Data (Guest Lecture: Duncan Watson-Parris)
- Fri Oct 30
LAB 5
Lab 5
Week 6
- Tue Nov 3
LEC 12a
Project 1 Awards
LEC 12b
How will Project 3 be graded?
LEC 12c
Maps
- Wed Nov 4
PROJ 3
- Thu Nov 5
LEC 13
Narrative
- Fri Nov 6
LAB 6
Lab 6
Week 7
- Tue Nov 10
LEC 14a
Project 2 Awards
LEC 14b
Animation
- Thu Nov 12
LEC 15
Uncertainty & Review
PROJ 3
Project 3 Peer Review
FINAL PROJ
Final Project Proposal
- Fri Nov 13
LAB 7
Lab 7
Week 8
- Tue Nov 17
LEC 16
How will the Demo Video and Final Project be Graded?
- Wed Nov 18
FINAL PROJ
Final Project Prototype
- Thu Nov 19
LEC 17
Final Project Feedback
- Fri Nov 20
LAB 8
Lab 8
Week 9
- Tue Nov 24
CANCELED
NO Lecture - class canceled
- Thu Nov 26
CANCELED
NO Lecture - Thanksgiving holiday