Course+Syllabus


 * Course Syllabus**
 * Marking Schemes**

**Reading List: ** (Note: the course textbook can be downloaded for free from the UofT Library site @ []. Just click the connect to resource link.)


 * Week 1-** **Jan. 5**


 * Class Topic:** Course introduction: Objective, Methodologies and Assignments.


 * Visualization (computer graphics) [Wikipedia]**
 * Data Visualization [Wikipedia]**


 * Lab Topic:** Introduction to computer lab etiquette, lab exercises.


 * Week 2**-**Jan. 12**


 * Class Topic:** Resolution and Display


 * Ware, Chapters 1-2**
 * Geoffrey Nunberg, //Farewell to the Information Age//**
 * (2002).**


 * Lab Topic:** Overview and Workflow in Photoshop CS4


 * Week 3-Ja****n. 19**


 * Class Topic**:Brightness and Contrast


 * Ware, Chapters 3**
 * Michel Foucault, //This Is Not A Pipe, Chapter Two: The Unraveled Calligram (1983).//**


 * Lab Topic:** Brightness and Contrast


 * Week 4-Ja****n. 26**


 * Class Topic:** Color


 * Ware, Chapter 4-5**
 * Siegfried J. Schmidt, //From Aura-Loss to Cyberspace (NB: This is a link to the book in which the article is printed. The article itself starts on page 79).//** **(2003).**


 * Lab Topic:** Exploring 3D in Photoshop CS4


 * Week 5-****Feb. 2**


 * Class Topic:** Perception
 * Ware, Chapter 6**
 * Tom Vanderbilt, //Cerebral Cities// [[file:cerebral_cities.pdf]](2006).**


 * Lab Topic:** Lights and Reflections


 * Week 6-F****eb. 9**


 * Class Topic**: Objects and Perceptions of Data in Space


 * Ware, Chapter 7-8**


 * Lab Topic:** Background and Object


 * Week 7-Feb****. 23** (Research Proposal (worth 5%) due - if a strike occurs, email the assignment to: norman.valdezchavez@sheridanc.on.ca instead of coming to class for submission.)


 * Class Topic**: Interacting with Visualizations


 * Ware, Chapter 10**


 * Lab Topic: W**orking with video in Photoshop CS4


 * Week 8-Ma****r. 2 (class cancelled)**


 * Class Topic:** The Language of Images and Words


 * Ware, Chapter 9**


 * Lab Topic:** Advanced Motion Control 3D (Intro)


 * Week 9-Ma****r. 9

Class Topic: Guest Speaker

Lab topic: Advanced Motion Control 3D-Vanishing Point**


 * Week 10-Mar. 16**


 * Class Topic:** Digital Imaging


 * Paul Virilio, //The Vision Machine, Chapter 5// (1994).**


 * Lab Topic:** Troubleshooting


 * Week 11-****Mar. 2**


 * Class Topic:** Visualizing Politics


 * Phil Agre, //Your Face Is Not A Bar Code// (2003).**


 * Lab Topic:** Project Presentations! [good luck]


 * Week 12-** **Mar. 30**


 * Class Topic:** Course Review


 * Lab Topic:** Project Presentations! [good luck]