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Relevant Organizations
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The Northeastern University Visualization Consortium (NUVis) is an interdisciplinary cross-university initiative to support the university’s research efforts in visualization and to connect faculty, researchers, and students across campus to foster a visualization community. |
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Boston Area Research Initiative (BARI) BARI seeks to spur original, cutting-edge research in the greater Boston area that both advances urban scholarship and improves public policy and practice. Central to this mission is an overarching effort to forge active and mutually beneficial relationships between the region’s researchers, policymakers, practitioners, and civic leaders. |
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The Boston Research Center (BRC), based in the Northeastern University Library, is a digital community history lab where Boston’s deep neighborhood and community histories are brought to light through the creation and use of new technology. Through this, residents can share a more nuanced and complex understanding of Boston’s present. |
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The Co-Laboratory for Data Impact focuses on narrative data strategies and is committed to advancing civic-oriented and impactful visual storytelling for issues of public urgency in the areas of diversity, transparency, and sustainability. |
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Data Visualization @ Khoury
The Data Visualization @ Khoury team is a hub for data visualization at the Khoury College of Computer Sciences. |
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The Digital Scholarship Group provides infrastructure, services, and other resources to support digital scholarship at Northeastern for students, faculty, and staff. |
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The Network Science Institute provides dedicated support to faculty and students engaged in any research involving network analysis as well as regular programming with invited speakers who are experts in network science. |
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NULab for Texts, Maps, and Networks NULab provides support for faculty engaged in research involving digital scholarship as well as training for graduate students in critical digital humanities skills through sponsored projects and training programs. |
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Storybench takes an “under the hood” look at the latest in digital storytelling, from data visualization and investigative journalism to virtual reality and the digital humanities. In addition to in-depth features and interviews with industry practitioners, we offer hands-on tutorials that can be “downloaded” right into the newsroom or classroom. |
Courses and Degree Programs
There are many colleges within Northeastern that offer courses and degree programs related to data analysis. This is by no means a comprehensive list and we highly recommend checking some of these resources for the latest information about potential offerings:
- the course catalog, for individual courses
- individual college websites, for college-specific courses and programs and for undergraduate level programs
- individual global campus websites, for programs at campuses other than the main Boston campus
- list of graduate programs, for graduate level programs
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College of Arts, Media, and Design (CAMD) Offers several programs, including an MFA, MS, or Graduate Certificate in Information Design and Visualization. The School of Journalism within CAMD also offers a Media Innovation track for its MA in Journalism that includes the use of information visualization. For more examples of how the School of Journalism is using data visualization, see Storybench. |
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D'Amore-McKim School of Business Offers an MS in Business Analytics. |
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Khoury College of Computer Sciences Offers a BS in Data Science, MS in Data Science, and a Graduate Certificate in Data Analytics. Additionally, Khoury College of Computer Sciences offers an MS in Data Science collaboratively with the College of Engineering and an MS in Health Informatics collaboratively with the Bouve College of Health Sciences. |
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Collaboratively, Khoury College of Computer Sciences and the College of Engineering offer an MS in Data Science. |
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Bouve College of Health Sciences Collaboratively, Khoury College of Computer Sciences and Bouve College of Health Sciences offer an MS in Health Informatics. |
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Does not currently offer a program specifically related to data visualization, please check their website for the latest information. |
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College of Professional Studies Offers an MPS in Analytics, an MPS in Enterprise Intelligence, an MPS in Geospatial Services, and an MPS in Informatics. CPS also offers a Graduate Certificate in Learning Analytics. |
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Does not currently offer a program specifically related to data visualization, please check their website for the latest information. |
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College of Social Sciences and Humanities (CSSH) Offers a Graduate Certificate in Urban Analytics. The School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs within CSSH also offers an MS in Urban Informatics. |
Global Campuses
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New College of the Humanities (NCH) Offers an Advanced Data Fellowship. |
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Northeastern University–Charlotte Does not currently offer a program specifically related to data visualization, please check their website for the latest information. |
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Northeastern University–San Francisco Offers several programs including MS in Data Science, Align MS in Data Science, and MPS in Analytics. |
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Northeastern University–Seattle Offers several degrees in Analytics. |
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Northeastern University–Toronto Offers an MPS in Analytics. |
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Northeastern University–Vancouver Does not currently offer a program specifically related to data visualization, please check their website for the latest information. |
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Offers several degrees including an MPS in Analytics, MS in Bioinformatics, MS in Data Science, Align MS in Data Science, and certificates in Applied Analytics and Bioinformatics. |
Resources at Snell Library
Students, faculty, and staff can get help with data visualization at the Northeastern University Library through our Data Analysis and Visualization Specialist, Kate Kryder. You can:
- Book a one-on-one consultation
- Request a guest lecture, class visit, or workshop
- Request assistance via email
- Check the library calendar for open workshops
- Use our online tutorials and resources such as books and ebooks
At this time, there are no physical computer workstations in the library. However, you can check the Tools guide for information on how to access various data visualization tools and look into the possibility of using a virtual desktop, if need be.