Sports Analytics & Visualization
Prerequisites: SPRT 130 or COMM 265.
This course will examine the importance of numbers in the world of sports and computer-generated visualizations. Students will use contemporary tools to organize, scrape, clean, and present data in a way that synthesizes numerical information and packages it in a way that a general audience can consume. Students will delve into player, team, and league stats as well as the numbers around the business of sports and how to use data as a sports reporting tool.
Outcomes: Locate accurate, primary data from open sources; Utilize computer languages to analyze sports data; Synthesize and interrogate data to tell a story; Produce striking designs to visualize data; Marry writing with numbers in journalistic reporting; Produce publishable news packages that lead with data and visuals.
This course will examine the importance of numbers in the world of sports and computer-generated visualizations. Students will use contemporary tools to organize, scrape, clean, and present data in a way that synthesizes numerical information and packages it in a way that a general audience can consume. Students will delve into player, team, and league stats as well as the numbers around the business of sports and how to use data as a sports reporting tool.
Outcomes: Locate accurate, primary data from open sources; Utilize computer languages to analyze sports data; Synthesize and interrogate data to tell a story; Produce striking designs to visualize data; Marry writing with numbers in journalistic reporting; Produce publishable news packages that lead with data and visuals.