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This course will equip students with the skills and knowledge to create impactful and responsible data visualizations using the R programming language. At the end of this class, students will gain proficiency in both fundamental (e.g. bar chart, bubble chart, choropleth maps) as well as advanced graph types (e.g. Sankey diagram, heatmap, parallel coordinates plot, faceted graphs) and know how to create them using R.

This course was inspired by many other courses / resources that cover similar material - a full list of sources can be found in the LICENSE page.

This course was originally created by Dr. Xindi (Cindy) Hu at the George Washington University for the Summer 2025 semester.