CET136 Communicating Complexity Part 2: Data Visualization

Course Provider

School of Social Sciences (SSS)

Certification

FlexiMasters

Academic Unit

1

Introduction

Communicating Complexity is a series of three linked courses in which students will have the opportunity to practice a number of skills and techniques aimed at helping them to communicate complex ideas in ways that are easier to understand, and can be tailored to different audiences. 

Students may benefit from completing Communicating Complexity Part 1: Tackling communication barriers before starting Part 2.

The course is part of: 
- Graduate Certificate in Health and Ageing
- FlexiMasters in Health and Ageing
- Graduate Certificate in Social Sciences
- FlexiMasters in Social Sciences

 


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  • Students will become familiar with a variety of perspectives on barriers to effective communication, tools for evaluating the effectiveness of communication, and techniques for improving the effectiveness of communication of complex technical information.
  • Students will practice application of techniques and tools until they achieve competence to a professional standard in the use of communication tools and techniques, in two compulsory modules, and some number of electives.
  • Students will demonstrate mastery of communicating complexity in a project where they apply skills and techniques covered in the different modules.
 In Part 2: Data Vizualization, students will learn basic technical terminology for describing different kinds of figures, charts and graphics, as well as fundamentals of image handling for a variety of publication types. Students will practice creating figures of different kinds and applying style guides in different ways. Students will demonstrate mastery in data visualization through an individual project in the form of an infographic for as public audience.

Working Professionals.

Standard Course Fee: S$1090.00

SSG Funding Support

 Course fee

Course fee payable after SSG funding, if eligible under various schemes

 

BEFORE funding & GST

AFTER funding & 9% GST

Singapore Citizens (SCs) and Permanent Residents (PRs) (Up to 70% funding)

S$1000

S$327

Enhanced Training Support for SMEs (ETSS)

S$127

SCs aged ≥ 40 years old
SkillsFuture Mid-career Enhanced Subsidy (MCES)
(Up to 90% funding)

  • Standard course fee is inclusive of GST.
  • NTU/NIE alumni may utilise their $1,600 Alumni Course Credits. Click here for more information.

 

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FlexiMasters in Health and Ageing
     
COURSE TITLEACADEMIC UNIT
CET125 Perspectives on Ageing1.5
CET126 Ageing and Public Policy1.5
CET127 Ageing and the End of Life1.5
CET128 Mental Health and Ageing1.5
CET129 Counselling Older Persons
1.5
CET130 Traditional Chinese Medicine for Older Adults1.5
CET131 Research Methods for Ageing1.5
CET133 Work, Stress, and Health1
CET135 Communicating Complexity Part 1: Tackling communication barriers1
CET134 Religion and Public Health*1
CET135 Communicating Complexity Part 1: Tackling communication barriers 1
CET137 Communicating Complexity Part 3: Communicating for different audiences1
CET138 Big Data and Computational Social Science1
CET139 Qualitative interviewing1
CET140 Applied Research Methods in Social Sciences1

 

FlexiMasters in Social Sciences

COURSE TITLEACADEMIC UNIT
CET133 Work, Stress, and Health1
CET134 Religion and Public Health*
1
CET135 Communicating Complexity Part 1: Tackling communication barriers1
CET137 Communicating Complexity Part 3: Communicating for different audiences1
CET138 Big Data and Computational Social Science1
CET139 Qualitative interviewing1
CET140 Applied Research Methods in Social Sciences1
CET141 Social Psychology1
CET142 Hip-Hop and Islam: A Sociology of Generations Perspective*1
CET144 Governing Social Resilience1
CET145 Singapore in the International System1
CET146 Crisis Diplomacy1
CET148 The Psychology of Everyday Design 1
CET149 Intergroup processes and social inequality1

 

  • Credit-bearing and stackable to Graduate Certificate in Health and Ageing (total 9AUs), FlexiMasters in Health and Ageing (total 15AUs), Graduate Certificate in Social Sciences (total 9AUs) and FlexiMasters in Social Sciences (total 15AUs).
  • SSG funded and SkillsFuture Credit approved
  • *SFC funded only