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 significant research question relating to digital humanities;
- investigate this question creatively, critically, ethically, and independently, including through sophisticated use of appropriate theory and methodology as appropriate to digital humanities, and place these investigations in the context of the relevant 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)
LING4010 - Selected Topics in Empirical Approaches to Linguistics (6 units)
LING4012 - Selected Topics in Analysis of a Subsystem of Language (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)
A minimum of 12 units must come from completion of courses from the following list:
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| ANTH4012 | Theory and Ethnography in the Analysis of Cultures | 12 |
| ARCH 4002: Arch Hons Research Seminar | ||
| ARCH 4004: Frameworks for Arch Sci | ||
| ARTH4017 | Methodologies of Art History | 12 |
| CLAS4006 | Classics Methods and Evidence | 12 |
| ENGL4020 | Researching and Writing the Thesis: A Workshop | 6 |
| ENGL4021 | Creative Reading: Topics in Theory, Methodology and Interpretation | 6 |
| LANG4004 | Research Tools in Advanced Language Studies | 12 |
| LING4009 | Selected Topics in Methodologies for Researching Language | 12 |
| LING4010 | Selected Topics in Empirical Approaches to Linguistics | 6 |
| MUSI4401 | The Scholar Musician 1 | 6 |
| MUSI4402 | The Scholar Musician 2 | 6-12 |
| SOCY4009 | Sociology Honours Theory Seminar | 12 |
| SOCY4010 | Sociology Honours Methods Seminar | 12 |
A maximum of 12 units may come from completion of courses from the following list:
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| ANTH4011 | History of Anthropological Theory Extended | 12 |
| ARCH 4001: Cultural Heritage Intro | ||
| ARCH4003 | Archaeology and Biological Anthropology Honours Writing Seminar | 6-12 |
| ARTH 4018: East-West Interactions in Art | ||
| CLAS 4007: Research in Classical Studies | ||
| ENGL 4018: Reading Genre | ||
| ENGL4019 | Reading Context: Topics in Production and Reception of Texts | 12 |
| HIST 4009: War and Culture | ||
| HIST 4010: History Inc Early Mod Bodies | ||
| HIST4011 | Seminar in Advanced Historiography | 12 |
| HIST 4012: Topics in Australian History | ||
| LANG4002 | Topics in Advanced Language Studies 1 | 6 |
| LANG4003 | Topics in Advanced Language Studies 2 | 6-12 |
| LING4011 | Selected Topics in Theory and Analysis in Linguistics | 12 |
| LING4012 | Selected Topics in Analysis of a Subsystem of Language | 6 |
| PHIL4009 | Readings in Philosophy | 6 |
24 units from completion of the following course(s):
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| THES4102 | Thesis | 6-24 |
| THES4103 | Thesis | 6-24 |
| THES4105 | Thesis | 6-24 |
