Digital Studies minor (B-ARTS_MINOR_47)

Overview

Digital Studies at Melbourne is about how the digital revolution has transformed our world and about how humanities, social science and creative arts knowledges and people have helped shape the digital world. We examine place, power and diversity in the digital age – the ways in which digital transformations have been differently experienced and understood along axes including place, class, gender, sexuality, age, ethnicity and nationality. Digital Studies also teaches some of the skills and tools that a HASS-educated and digitally-skilled workforce will need in our connected and data-rich world – subjects offer introductory training in digital research methods, with no pre-existing understanding of computing or programming needed. Finally, Digital Studies introduces students to some of the ways that digital data analytic methods and the new possibilities of interrogating and analysing vast bodies of digitized texts and images are transforming our knowledge of human society and culture, giving students an enhanced understanding of the scope and ambition of work currently being undertaken in the digital humanities, digital social sciences and creative arts.

Intended learning outcomes

On completion of this minor students should be able to:

Identify and critically evaluate the political, cultural and socio-economic contexts in which digitization and data operate and how people have used digital tools to transform society and culture
Assess debates in digital studies, digital social sciences and digital humanities and develop an ability to critically evaluate different interpretations of digital transformations and generate their own analyses of them
Acquire and apply practical skills with digital tools and methods
Appraise the potential of digital tools and methods to transform HASS disciplines
Communicate effectively, including by using digital tools and platforms
Work individually and in groups with independence, self-reflection and engage in problem solving activities

Last updated: 2 October 2024

Structure

75 credit points

This minor requires the completion of:

12.5 credit points of Level 1 Core subject
12.5 credit points of Arts Discovery (if not already counted towards a Major) or 12.5 credit points of Other Level 1 Elective subject
12.5 credit points of Level 2 Core subject
12.5 credit points of Level 2 Elective subject
12.5 credit points of Level 3 Core subject
12.5 credit points of Level 3 Elective subject

Level 1 Core subject

Code	Name	Study period	Credit Points
ARTS10003	Our Digital Worlds	Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5

Level 1 Elective subject

Code	Name	Study period	Credit Points
LAWS10009	AI, Ethics and the Law	Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
COMP10001	Foundations of Computing	Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville) Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
COMP10002	Foundations of Algorithms	Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
COMP10003	Media Computation	Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5

Note:

The Level 1 LAWS and COMP subjects are required to be taken within the breadth component of the degree.

Level 2 Core subject

Code	Name	Study period	Credit Points
ARTS20001	Digital Tools and Methods	Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5

Level 2 Elective subjects

Code	Name	Study period	Credit Points
MECM20003	Internet Communication	Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
MECM20014	Visual Communication and Digital Media	Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
CULS20017	Gender and Contemporary Culture	Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
HPSC20009	Technology & Contemporary Life	Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
CRIM20007	Cybercrime and Digital Criminology	Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
GEOG20017	Spatial Analysis in Geography	Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
BLAW20002	Regulating Digital Platforms	Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
ASIA20008	Digital Asia	Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5

Note:

Students who would like to undertake BLAW20002 as part of the Digital Studies minor must enrol in the subject using their breadth points. Upon successful completion of BLAW20002, students should lodge an Enrolment Assistance form to have their personal study plan adjusted.

Level 3 Core subject

Code	Name	Study period	Credit Points
ARTS30003	Digital Humanities and Social Sciences	Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5

Level 3 Elective subjects

Code	Name	Study period	Credit Points
MECM30016	Digital Media Research	Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
MECM30017	Digital and Mobile Journalism	Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
MECM30013	Marketing Communications	Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
SCRN30005	The Environmental Screenscape	Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
SOCI30012	Digital Technology and Social Change	Not available in 2024	12.5
ANTH30019	Innovation, Design, and Society	Not available in 2024	12.5
HPSC30038	Exploring Digital Realities	Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
GEOG30028	Mobile Worlds	February (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
LING30015	Corpus Linguistics	Not available in 2024	12.5

Last updated: 2 October 2024

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