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

TermSectionsEnrolledCapacityFullOpen seats/section
Fall 20232609166%15.5
Spring 20244173155112%0.0
Summer A 202426514046%37.5
Fall 20242545795%1.5
Spring 2025413722062%20.8
Summer A 20251234057%17.0
Fall 202528325533%86.0
Spring 2026310012083%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

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Spring

Summer A

Percentages are each professor's average share of the season's enrolled students in recent terms.

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