Digital Humanities is an interdisciplinary field of study located at the intersection of humanities scholarship and computational technologies. Its key purpose is to investigate how digital methodologies can be used to enhance and transform research in the Arts and Social Sciences. It also employs traditional humanistic skills to analyse modern digital artefacts and to scrutinise contemporary digital culture.
This specialisation will help students and professionals develop a broad understanding of the historical, cultural, and social aspects of current digital humanities research. It thus addresses the growing demand for graduates well-versed in a combination of humanistic and digital skills and able to work in a variety of professional environments, from cultural and memory institutions, to the emerging job markets of information management and online content delivery.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
- apply theoretical frameworks and research techniques critically in order to understand the key issues raised by the digital humanities, and by the use of information technologies in the arts and social sciences more generally;
- identify and analyse relevant sources of online information and assess their importance and reliability within the context of disciplinary practices in the humanities;
- evaluate ideas and projects to assess the impact of digital technologies on humanities research and make connections between different disciplinary approaches and methods;
- develop and communicate effectively original research and ideas within the larger field of the digital humanities, including project-based outcomes, critical assessments, and topical debates; and
- understand the ethical implications of ideas, actions, and communications undertaken online.
Relevant Degrees
Requirements
This specialisation requires the completion of 24 units, which must consist of:
A minimum of 12 units must come from completion of courses from the following list:
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| HUMN6001 | Digital Humanities: Theories and Projects | 6 |
| HUMN6003 | Digital Humanities: Methods and Practices | 6 |
| HUMN8028 | Humanities in the Public and Digital Sphere | 6 |
| HUMN8029 | Debates and Issues in the Humanities | 6 |
A maximum of 12 units may come from completion of courses from the following list:
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| ARTH6162 | Cyberculture | 6 |
| ARTV6000 | Animation | 6 |
| ARTV6003 | Video Art | 6 |
| COMP6240 | Relational Databases | 6 |
| COMP6261 | Information Theory | 6 |
| COMP6262 | Logic | 6 |
| COMP6300 | Computer Organisation and Program Execution | 6 |
| COMP6340 | Networked Information Systems | 6 |
| COMP6466 | Algorithms | 6 |
| COMP6490 | Document Analysis | 6 |
| COMP6700 | Introductory Programming | 6 |
| COMP6710 | Structured Programming | 6 |
| COMP6720 | Art and Interaction in New Media | 6 |
| COMP6780 | Web Development and Design | 6 |
| DESN6001 | Digital Form and Fabrication | 6 |
| DESN6002 | Foundations of Creative Code | 6 |
| DESN6003 | Creative Data Visualisation: Representing Data in Visual and Material Form | 6 |
| DESN6004 | Dynamic Design and Generative Systems | 6 |
| DESN6006 | Front-End Web: Crafting Online Experience | 6 |
| ENGL6086 | Literature in the Digital Age: Theories, Texts, Methods | 6 |
| GEND6501 | Posthuman bodies | 6 |
| HIST6237 | Digital History, Digital Heritage | 6 |
| HUMN6002 | Gutenberg to Google: Histories of Information | 6 |
| HUMN8026 | Writing in the Public Sphere | 6 |
| HUMN8030 | Digital Humanities and Public Culture Research Project | 6 |
| HUMN8031 | Digital Humanities and Public Culture Research Project (Advanced) | 12 |
| LING6023 | Dictionaries and Dictionary-Making | 6 |
| MUSC8004 | Internship 1 | 6 |
| MUSC8005 | Internship 2 | 6 |
| MUSI6009 | Music and Digital Media | 6 |
| SOCY6066 | Social Science of the Internet | 6 |
