Individual Course of Study: Texts, Discourses and Data: The Humanities and Data Science

Individual Course of Study: Texts, Discourses and Data: The Humanities and Data Science

30 points

Subject to approval by the Head of Department.

DIGI405

Digital Project

An applied course designed to help students develop their own digital projects. No technical background is required. Students will acquire valuable transferable skills, learn how to apply digital tools and methods to research questions, and understand how scholarly knowledge can be delivered through digital channels.

30 points

Subject to approval of the Programme Coordinator.

Texts, Discourses and Data: the Humanities and Data Science

This course examines computer-aided methods used in digital humanities and the social sciences for analysing discourses, an object of study that draws together multiple ways that language reflects and shapes social meanings. Within this context, it introduces concepts and methods for analysing natural language data and applies these through a series of practical lab classes. The first part of the course focuses on classic discourse analysis methods drawn from corpus linguistics, as well as the essential preprocessing steps used to prepare texts for a range of analytical purposes. In the second part of the course we study topic modeling, a technique for unsupervised, exploratory data analysis that has been widely used in digital humanities, and, finally, consider supervised text classification methods to identify discursive attributes such as sentiment, genre, or style.

15 points

Subject to approval of the Programme Coordinator.

Individual Course of Study: Digital Project

Individual Course of Study

15 points

Subject to approval of the Programme Coordinator.

DIGI403, DIGI406

Research Essay

Students taking Digital Humanities Research Essay produce a single 10,000 word essay. The course requires scholarly research, engagement with broader humanities discourse(s), and high bibliographic standards. Focus is on the development of critical and analytical skills that will enable students to move on to Masters and Doctoral studies. Students will be taught how to write about technical subjects in an informed manner, and produce critiques of new media and digital culture. Co-supervision will be organised where appropriate. When available, students will be encouraged to pursue internship and work experience opportunities relevant to their area of study after completion.

30 points

Subject to approval of the Programme Coordinator.

MA Dissertation

MA Dissertation

60 points

Subject to approval of the Head of Department.