• Offered by Research School of Humanities and the Arts
  • ANU College ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences
  • Course subject Humanities
  • Areas of interest Cultural Studies, Digital Humanities
  • Academic career PGRD
  • Course convener
    • Dr Terhi Nurmikko-Fuller
  • Mode of delivery Online or In Person
  • Offered in First Semester 2020
    Second Semester 2020
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This course allows students to develop a relevant research project in the areas of Public Humanities, cultural studies, and/or Digital Humanities. Students will be guided by a supervisor in the development of a research topic, discuss appropriate methodologies and practices, and work on their project throughout the semester. This course allows students to develop a project that may have direct industry or professional relevance; and to further develop their project management, writing and/or digital literacy skills. Students will be encouraged to explore projects that are interdisciplinary and employ new media and digital skills and components.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:

Upon successful completion of this course, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
  1. Design a medium-scale original research project.
  2. Identify and critically analyse relevant literature, including theoretical and methodological approaches to the chosen topic.
  3. Apply in a sophisticated way relevant research methods and theories to the analysis of the research questions/hypothesis.
  4. Develop and demonstrate relevant digital, creative writing, or new media skills.

Indicative Assessment

Research Proposal (1000 words) 15% (LOs 1, 2)
Literature review (1,500 words) 15% (LO 2)
Final research project 60% (7,000 words) (LOs 1, 2, 3, 4)
Reflective journal 10% (1,500 words) (LOs 1, 2, 3, 4)

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Workload

A total of 260 hours over the semester/session, including a minimum of 1 hour per week of online discussions and meetings with the project supervisor.

Requisite and Incompatibility

You are not able to enrol in this course if you have previously completed HUMN8030

You will need to contact the Research School of Humanities and the Arts to request a permission code to enrol in this course.

Fees

Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.  

If you are a domestic graduate coursework or international student you will be required to pay tuition fees. Tuition fees are indexed annually. Further information for domestic and international students about tuition and other fees can be found at Fees.

Student Contribution Band:
1
Unit value:
12 units

If you are an undergraduate student and have been offered a Commonwealth supported place, your fees are set by the Australian Government for each course. At ANU 1 EFTSL is 48 units (normally 8 x 6-unit courses). You can find your student contribution amount for each course at Fees.  Where there is a unit range displayed for this course, not all unit options below may be available.

Units EFTSL
12.00 0.25000
Domestic fee paying students
Year Fee
2020 $7140
International fee paying students
Year Fee
2020 $10920
Note: Please note that fee information is for current year only.

Offerings, Dates and Class Summary Links

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Class summaries, if available, can be accessed by clicking on the View link for the relevant class number.

First Semester

Class number Class start date Last day to enrol Census date Class end date Mode Of Delivery Class Summary
3241 24 Feb 2020 02 Mar 2020 08 May 2020 05 Jun 2020 In Person N/A

Second Semester

Class number Class start date Last day to enrol Census date Class end date Mode Of Delivery Class Summary
8247 27 Jul 2020 03 Aug 2020 31 Aug 2020 30 Oct 2020 In Person N/A

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