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Digital Humanities and Social Sciences (ARTS30003)
Undergraduate level 3Points: 12.5Not available in 2023
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This subject is about how knowledge production and dissemination in Humanities & Social Sciences disciplines has been transformed by the digital revolution. It examines the new possibilities opened up by the creation of vast collections of spatial, textual and visual data, and new capacities to visualise data and knowledge in meaningful ways. The subject introduces students to the scope and ambition of quantitative and qualitative social research in the digital social sciences and to exciting work in the emerging discipline of Digital Humanities, as well as to issues of digitised cultural heritage. We will study the impact of techniques such as social network analysis, automated information extraction and geospatial analysis within and across disciplines. Attention will be given to the possibilities of analysing big data in the Humanities and Social Sciences, but also to ways of deploying digital tools for fine-grained qualitative analysis. We ask about how these macro and micro analyses can be combined in new ways and how the critical questions and frameworks of the Humanities and Social Sciences can shape and transform the deployment of technical skills.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- critically discuss the implications of digital technologies for scholarship in the humanities and social sciences disciplines; and
- critically appraise some of the new modes of analysis and interpretation made possible by the mass digitisation of cultural materials; and
- provide insights into the ways advances in some digital disciplines might be applied in other areas; and
- appraise how critical questions and frameworks of the humanities and social sciences disciplines have shaped and transformed the use of technical skills.
Generic skills
- Critical reading, thinking and analytic skills; and
- Capacity to critically evaluate the implications of digital technologies for scholarship in the HASS disciplines; and
- Capacity to understand how the critical frameworks of the HASS disciplines have shaped and transformed the use of data technologies skills.
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Assessment
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Analytic report (in online exhibit or essay format)
| Week 7 | 40% |
Research essay
| During the examination period | 60% |
Hurdle requirement: Students must attend a minimum of 75% of seminars in order to pass this subject. | Throughout the semester | N/A |
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Dates & times
Not available in 2023
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Last updated: 31 January 2024
Further information
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Prescribed texts
There are no specifically prescribed or recommended texts for this subject.
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This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Specialisation (formal) Digital Studies Specialisation (formal) Digital Studies Minor Digital Studies - Breadth options
This subject is available as breadth in the following courses:
- Bachelor of Biomedicine
- Bachelor of Commerce
- Bachelor of Design
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Acting)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Animation)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Dance)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Film and Television)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Music Theatre)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Production)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Screenwriting)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Theatre)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Visual Art)
- Bachelor of Music
- Bachelor of Science
- Available through the Community Access Program
About the Community Access Program (CAP)
This subject is available through the Community Access Program (also called Single Subject Studies) which allows you to enrol in single subjects offered by the University of Melbourne, without the commitment required to complete a whole degree.
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
- Available to Study Abroad and/or Study Exchange Students
This subject is available to students studying at the University from eligible overseas institutions on exchange and study abroad. Students are required to satisfy any listed requirements, such as pre- and co-requisites, for enrolment in the subject.
Last updated: 31 January 2024