The Digital Humanities Honours Specialisation gives you high-level preparation for professional life or a higher degree by research through the development of an advanced knowledge of the research principles and methods and theoretical concepts of digital humanities, and through the design and implementation of a research project, typically a thesis of up to 20,000 words, that develops new understandings or that provides solutions to complex problems.
Learning Outcomes
- pose a significantresearch question relating to digital humanities;
- investigate thisquestion creatively, critically, ethically, and independently, includingthrough sophisticated use of appropriate theory and methodology as appropriateto digital humanities, and place these investigations in the context of therelevant intellectual tradition; and
communicate their research and its findings through an appropriate medium.
Relevant Degrees
Admission Requirements
- A major or equivalent in Digital Humanities
- with the written approval of an identified supervisor for the thesis
Requirements
This Honours specialisation requires the completion of 48 units, which must consist of:
18 - 24 units from the completion of the following:
HUMN4005 - Project Development and Critical Theory in Digital Humanities (6 or 12 units)
HUMN4028 - Digital Culture and Society - Critical Theories and Methodologies (6 units)
HUMN4029 - Digital Humanities and Public Culture - Issues and Debates (6 units)
A maximum of 6 units from the completion of the following thesis writing courses:
Please seek the guidance of the DIGH-HSPC convener in selecting this course.
ARCH4003 - Archaeology and Biological Anthropology Honours Writing Seminar (6 units)
ENGL4021 - Creative Reading: Topics in Theory, Methodology and Interpretation (6 units)
LANG4002 - Topics in Advanced Language Studies 1 (6 units)
LANG4003 - Topics in Advanced Language Studies 2 (6 units)
LANG4004 - Research Tools in Advanced Language Studies (6 units)
MUSI4401 - The Scholar Musician 1 (6 units)
MUSI4402 - The Scholar Musician 2 (6 units)
SOCR4001 - Statistics for Social Scientists (6 units)
SOCR4002 - Survey Data Analysis (6 units)
SOCR4003 - Qualitative Research Analysis (6 units)
SOCR4006 - Online Research Methods (6 units)
SOCR4008 - Qualitative Social Research (6 units)
24 units from the completion of the following course(s):
THES4102 - Thesis (24 units)
THES4103 - Thesis (24 units)
THES4105 - Thesis (24 units)
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