Data Visualization, Graduate Certificate

Admission Requirements:

• For accelerated undergraduate: At least 60 undergraduate credit hours and the completion of the general education requirements for Fine Arts, Mathematics, and Computer Literacy with a 3.0 GPA
• For graduate student: Base level admission requirements for UMA Graduate programs

Program Objectives:

After completing this certificate, students will be able to design and create data visualizations and have the ability to do the following in their data visualizations:

• Demonstrate an understanding of the ethical implications of data analysis and representation and the harms that can occur in collecting, storing, analyzing, interpreting, and representing data 
• Address the data-to-decision pipeline and any problems that arose in research output across discipline
• Utilize existing data visualizations from historical and contemporary contexts to enhance their work
• Demonstrate an understanding of the the ways in which their datasets are filtered and analyzed mathematically
• Address the computational processes and tools used for consolidating data in the project
• Present and lead an audience through a data visualization
• Offer and receive constructive criticism in a critique setting and make significant revisions based upon the critique feedback

Certificate Requirements (18 Credits)

• ART 550 - Visual Storytelling with Data 3 CR
• DSC 550 - Data Mining 3 CR
• DSC 552 - Data Visualization 3 CR
• PHI 550 - Ethics of Data Analysis and Representation 3 CR
• TEM 587 - Research Issues and Data Literacy in Public Management 1-3 CR
• ART 610 - Integrated Data Visualization Capstone Studio 3 CR