This document provides an introduction to an information visualization course. It outlines the goals of the course, which are to provide insights into fundamentals of infovis and its applications, as well as concrete skills for designing, implementing, and evaluating infovis applications. It discusses topics that will be covered like data abundance, visualization examples, the definition of infovis, and introduces the D3.js library. Students are expected to complete a group project, write a paper, and provide feedback to other groups.