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2026-2027 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog

BIOL 561 - Fundamentals of Data Visualization

(3 units)

Prerequisites: Graduate standing in the Department of Biological Sciences. Biostatistics recommended.
General principles underlying compelling data visualizations. Topics covered include data management, the layered grammar of graphics, basic and advanced plot types, exploratory data analysis, and figure-preparation workflow.

Letter grade only (A-F). (Lecture 3 hrs.) Not repeatable for credit.