ML5850 Digital Humanities: Principles and Methods

Academic year

2024 to 2025 Semester 2

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Key module information

SCOTCAT credits

30

The Scottish Credit Accumulation and Transfer (SCOTCAT) system allows credits gained in Scotland to be transferred between institutions. The number of credits associated with a module gives an indication of the amount of learning effort required by the learner. European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) credits are half the value of SCOTCAT credits.

SCQF level

SCQF level 11

The Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (SCQF) provides an indication of the complexity of award qualifications and associated learning and operates on an ascending numeric scale from Levels 1-12 with SCQF Level 10 equating to a Scottish undergraduate Honours degree.

Availability restrictions

Available to students on online PGT degree programmes.

Module coordinator

Dr O Elmaz

This information is given as indicative. Staff involved in a module may change at short notice depending on availability and circumstances.

Module Staff

Dr Clement Godbarge, Dr Orhan Elmaz

This information is given as indicative. Staff involved in a module may change at short notice depending on availability and circumstances.

Module description

This module enables students to enhance the analysis and presentation of literary texts with advanced digital and computational techniques. These will be taught with a critical and hands-on approach, combining theoretical readings with case studies, and covering topics such as the evolution of books and digital publishing, mark-up languages, comparative analysis of close and distant reading strategies, literary mapping, social network analysis, and text visualisation.

Relationship to other modules

Co-requisites

YOU MUST ALSO TAKE CS5901

Assessment pattern

Coursework - 100%

Re-assessment

Coursework - 100%

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact

There will be a weekly 1-hour Q&A session that will be based on students' submitted questions and it will be recorded and made available online for students that cannot attend the sessions synchronously.

Scheduled learning hours

12

The number of compulsory student:staff contact hours over the period of the module.

Guided independent study hours

138

The number of hours that students are expected to invest in independent study over the period of the module.

Intended learning outcomes

  • Demonstrate a critical understanding of the development of digital technologies and their use in literary studies.
  • Acquire theoretical and applied knowledge about publishing texts digitally and creating accessible digital books fit for the 21st century.
  • Gain a solid foundation in Natural Language Processing techniques to further the analysis of literary texts.
  • Develop a critical approach to digital technologies in the field of reading and publishing.