This document provides details about an online course titled "Applied Data Management for Visualization" taught by Dr. Andres Fortino through NYU School of Professional Studies. The 8-week course in Spring 2017 will use an online self-paced format to teach students techniques for organizing data for analysis and visualization, including topics like sourcing, comprehension, reshaping, reduction, and presentation. The course aims to provide a non-technical introduction to data management tools and databases to help students create accurate and complete datasets. Previous students provided positive feedback, praising Dr. Fortino's organization and the asynchronous online format.

1. Applied Data
Management for
Visualization
An Online Course
by
Dr. Andres Fortino

2. Spring 2017 Course Details
• Who:
– Dr. Andres Fortino, principal faculty
• Where:
– NYU School of Professional Studies
– Center for Advanced Digital Applications
• When:
– Eight weeks, Jan 23-Mar 13, 2017
• What:
– Online self-paced, weekly modules (MOOC-style)
– Non-credit graduate-level seminar, graded, 2.5 CEUs
• Sign up:
– https://www.sps.nyu.edu/professional-pathways/courses/DATA1-
CE9001-applied-data-management-for-visualization.html
– Cost: $725

3. Course Description
• Explore the techniques and tools used to organize data
into manageable and logical components for analysis
and visualization.
• Gain an overview of the multiple ways in which data is
managed, with particular focus on five topics: sourcing,
comprehension, reshaping, reduction, and
presentation.
• Receive an introduction to these various methods so
you can pursue your own interests in creating data sets
that are accurate, valid, and complete. Topics include
Excel, delimited files, HTML tables, SQL, and specialized
databases.

4. Course Objectives
• Analytics and data visualization rely on clean, well-organized data.
This course is an applied introduction to database technologies
and data management.
• A non--technical overview, common stores of data, including
Excel spreadsheets, delimited files, HTML tables, SQL tables, and
JSON objects, is provided. Techniques for importing,
transforming, storing and merging of data are covered.
• The emphasis is on practical tools needed to create and structure
datasets for analysis and visualization. Some elementary
knowledge of computer coding is useful but not required.
• An introduction to Big Data technologies such as Hadoop is
included

5. Students will Obtain
• A nontechnical introduction to database technologies and
data management
• An understanding of the common stores of data, including
Excel spreadsheets, delimited files, HTML tables, SQL tables,
and JSON objects
• Techniques for importing, transforming, storing, and merging
data

7. Class Format - Online
• Instruction for the course is conducted online-
asynchronously
• That means there are not set “class meetings”. The
material for the class is posted on line as modules to be
done weekly, with several short video presentations (10-
20 min) by the instructor each week and assignments to
be completed each week
• Faculty is constantly available to give feedback and
guidance
• All classwork as well as assignment submissions are done
through the NYU Classes Learning Management System
• Studio format with small classes

8. Dr. Andres Fortino Bio
• Dr. Andres Fortino is a consultant in the innovation industry and is currently the
principal with Fortino Global Education.
• He teaches big data analytics and Innovation and Entrepreneurship at NYU School
of Professional Studies. He leads seminars in data visualization and business
analytics at the American Management Association.
• He served as Dean of Academic Affairs at DeVry College of New York and as
Associate Provost for Corporate Graduate Programs at the Polytechnic Institute of
New York University. He holds bachelors and masters degrees in electrical
engineering from City College of New York and a PhD in electrical engineering from
CUNY. Before joining NYU-Poly he served as Dean of the Marist College School of
Management.
• He is a Senior Member of IEEE and a Distinguished Speaker in Computer Science
with the IEEE. He is a Fulbright Specialist in Technology Management. His major
interests are innovation, creativity and data analytics and data visualization as well
as technology innovation management.

9. Student Comments from The Applied Data
Management Class Spring 2015
• “This is third class I've taken in Data Visualization so far, and this is the best one
yet. You do a very good job of teaching material in an approachable and
interesting way, without making it too easy! You are also the most organized and
responsive instructor I've had, which is really necessary in these online formats.”
• “And, yes, I'm enjoying this class. Everything I've learned is interesting and useful.”
• “The teacher put together very well organized video lessons, as well as labs and
homework assignments that challenged the students to apply what was taught.”
• “This class was actually beyond my expectations. It really summarized about 20+
years of IT and pushed my limits with the assignments, which was good for me
actually to push me.”
• “This was the third of three classes for the Fundamentals of Data Visualization
Certificate. It was by far the most organized, and therefore most effective of the
three. Much of that is due to Dr. Fortino. But in addition, I would like to emphasize
that the asynchronous nature of this course made it significantly more effective.”

10. Student Comments from The Applied
Data Management Class Summer 2015
• “It covers all important and up-to-date topics as to Data Management.”
• “Professor Fortino was a wonderful instructor. His lectures were informative,
detailed well organized and interesting. His response to e-mail questions were very
quick and very detailed. Overall a very pleasant and wonderful learning
experience.”
• “Seems up-to-date on the recent developments, but provides them in the context
of the historical evolution of this domain. A plethora of links to various online
sources was particularly helpful and opened my eyes to a toolkit I had no idea
about before.”
• “This is the most organized course I've ever taken.”
• “It was my first ever 'asynchronous' online course and it worked surprisingly well.
No hitches, easy access to resources.”

11. Spring 2015 and
Summer 2015
Course Evaluations

12. For more information
please contact:
Dr. Andres Fortino
Fortino Global Education
agfortino@gmail.com
845.242.7614