Schedule

This is a tentative schedule, and is subject to change as we approach these topics.

Week	Topic	Events	To Read	Notes
1	Onboarding	Syllabus review, RStudio & Github setup
2 - Tuesday	Quarto Documents and Basic R Usage		https://quarto.org/docs/get-started/hello/rstudio.html R Basics How to Name Things (5 minute video)
2 - Thursday	Data Visualization	Data Visualization Principles, ggplot2 intro	Fundamentals: Mapping data onto aesthetics Fundamentals: Proportional Ink r4ds: Data Visualization (Sections 3.1 and 3.2)
3 - Tuesday	Data Visualization	ggplot2 continuation, use of colors & fonts	Fundamentals: Color Scales Fundamentals: Common pitfalls of color use r4ds: Visualize (Recommended) Crameri, Shephard, and Heron (2020) (link)
3 - Thursday	Data Visualization	ggplot2 continuation, use of colors & fonts	Fundamentals: Multi-Panel Figures Fundamentals: Titles, Captions, and Tables r4ds: Communication
4	Data Visualization	ggplot2 theming	Fundamentals: Balance data and context r4ds: Communication (§13.5 Themes) ggplot2: Themes xd.gov beta: Data Visualization Standards, Typography Smashing Magazine: Typographic Design Patterns And Current Practices (2013 Edition)
4	Data Visualization	ggplot2 extras	ggthemes ggforce ggrepel geomtextpath scales patchwork
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5	Data (re)Organization	Tidy Data Principles, piping, dplyr transformations		Data Visualization Report Due
6	Data (re)Organization	wide-to-long, long-to-wide, split-apply-combine
7	Data (re)Organization	joining and merges, tidying untidy data, rectangularizing		Planning for Block 4
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8	Block 4	Resource Search Reports, Initial Implementation		Data (re)Organization Report Due
9	Block 4	Application
Spring Break
10	Block 4	Fine-tuning and Report-backs		Planning for Block 5
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11	Block 5	Resource Search Reports, Initial Implementation		Block 4 Report Due
12	Block 5	Application
13	Block 5	Fine-tuning and Report-backs
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14	Wrap Up			Block 5 Report Due
15	Wrap Up

References

Crameri, Fabio, Grace E. Shephard, and Philip J. Heron. 2020. “The Misuse of Colour in Science Communication.” Nature Communications 11 (1): 5444. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19160-7.