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In the 21st century, information is being created at an astounding rate. Stories about rates of infection, economic indicators, and societal/cultural trends have become increasingly common and urgent in news cycles. In addition, key decisions that inform and influence policy, regulation, and business strategy rely heavily on data visualizations. In this course, you will learn techniques and methods for displaying data and telling the accurate story your data has to say. You will also learn several design principles necessary for creating compelling data visualizations and presentations. Although the course is not tool-specific, students will work with MS Excel and Tableau. No programming experience is necessary, but students are strongly encouraged to come with a working knowledge of Excel. Students may choose to work with their own dataset or, if they have none, will be given one by the instructor.