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Digital Tools and Methods (ARTS20001)
Undergraduate level 2Points: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
About this subject
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- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
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Semester 1
Overview
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This subject introduces students to various tools and methods that enable humanities and social science students to learn from, work with and communicate digital data and to undertake data analysis. Students will gain a general knowledge of different tools and the rationales for digital methods, including text mining, analysing large text corpora, digital annotation, network analysis and data visualisation. They will be introduced to the range of digitised sources, the history and current practice of digitisation and intelligent information retrieval from the web and databases and will move from thinking about consuming digital products to learning about making them. This involves consideration of what counts as data in humanities and social science digital research. Students will be given intensive training in at least one digital tool, which they will then deploy in a structured research and data communication project, supervised in tutorial-sized groups. The focus of this subject is practical learning and doing, informed by reading in the critical scholarship on digital tools and methods in humanities and social science.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- Apply digital tools and learn specific digital skills
- Appreciate the potential uses of such tools in humanities and social science research and research communications
- Undertake a research project that deploys the digital tool or method
- Evaluate the use of data and its role in the humanities and social science disciplines.
Generic skills
At the completion of this subject, students should gain the following generic skills:
- Appreciate the uses of digital tools in humanities and social science research
- Apply digital skills to undertake research
- Evaluate the use of data and its role in the humanities and social sciences.
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 – critical survey of 2 or 3 digital tools setting out their reasons for selecting one for their digital project. Individually marked.
| Week 5 | 25% |
Digital Project – deployment of digital tool on a small data set of student's choice. 2000-Words (equivalent) per student. Individually marked.
| Week 9 | 50% |
Lab exercises – short answers to problem questions provided in class, submitted five times during term
| Weeks 3,5,7,9,11 | 25% |
Hurdle requirement: 1. Attendance hurdle requirement: This subject has a minimum requirement of 80% attendance at tutorials, seminars, or workshops. There is an expectation that students attend lectures. | Throughout the teaching period | N/A |
Hurdle requirement: 2. Late Penalty and Assessment hurdle requirement: Assessment submitted late without an approved extension will be penalised at five per cent (5%) of the possible marks available for the assessment task per day or part thereof. All pieces of assessment must be submitted to pass the subject. Each submitted assessment must be complete, constitute a genuine attempt to address the requirements of the task and will not be accepted after 20 University business days from the original assessment due date without written approval. | Throughout the semester | N/A |
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Dates & times
- Semester 1
Coordinator Michael Falk Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Total of 36 contact hours: 1-hour lecture and 2-hour workshop per week. Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 26 February 2024 to 26 May 2024 Last self-enrol date 8 March 2024 Census date 3 April 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 3 May 2024 Assessment period ends 21 June 2024 Semester 1 contact information
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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.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Minor Digital Studies minor Specialisation (formal) Digital Studies Specialisation (formal) 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