MISM 6210 — Information Visuals and Dashboards for Business
3 semester hoursGraduateLectureusually offered: fall, springBostonBoston - Broad StreetOnlineHybridOnlineTraditional
Introduces design principles for creating meaningful displays of information to support effective business decision making. Studies how to collect and process data; create interactive visualizations; and use them to demonstrate or provide insight into a problem, situation, or phenomenon. Introduces methods to critique visualizations along with ways to identify design principles that make good visualizations effective. Discusses the challenges of making data understandable across a wide range of audiences. Provides an overview of data visualization, key design principles and techniques for visualizing data, and the fundamentals of communication that are required for effective data presentation. Other topics may include ethical uses of information displays, storytelling, infographics, immersive visualizations, and information dashboard design. Offers students an opportunity to use one or more software tools.This course is only available to students who matriculated in a Northeastern program prior to Fall 2026 that requires completion of this course.
Offering history
| Term | Sections | Enrolled | Capacity | Full | Open seats/section |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2023 | 2 | 60 | 91 | 66% | 15.5 |
| Spring 2024 | 4 | 173 | 155 | 112% | 0.0 |
| Summer A 2024 | 2 | 65 | 140 | 46% | 37.5 |
| Fall 2024 | 2 | 54 | 57 | 95% | 1.5 |
| Spring 2025 | 4 | 137 | 220 | 62% | 20.8 |
| Summer A 2025 | 1 | 23 | 40 | 57% | 17.0 |
| Fall 2025 | 2 | 83 | 255 | 33% | 86.0 |
| Spring 2026 | 3 | 100 | 120 | 83% | 6.7 |
Snapshots from scheduled scrapes — not live seat availability. "Full" can exceed 100% when sections over-enroll.
Meeting times
Share of recent sections by weekday: M 0% · T 18% · W 44% · Th 16% · F 0%
Common patterns: W (44% of sections), async (23% of sections), T (18% of sections), R (16% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday
Professors
Fall
- Mauricio Mello Codesso (52% of students) · reviews
- Eric Bogert (28% of students) · reviews
- Shuyang Wang (20% of students) · reviews
Spring
- Seung Hyun Kim (45% of students) · reviews
- Ted Matherly (21% of students) · reviews
- Xiang Ming Li (21% of students) · reviews
- Daniel Katz (9% of students) · reviews
Summer A
- Eric Bogert (51% of students) · reviews
- Peter Tarasewich (49% of students) · reviews
Percentages are each professor's average share of the season's enrolled students in recent terms.
Links
Official catalog (MISM course descriptions) · Student reviews on RateMyHusky · All MISM courses · Plan it at numap.app