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School of Literature, Languages and Linguistics · ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences
This capstone course represents the culmination of the Master of Digital Humanities program. Building on foundational courses in digital humanities methods and projects, and digital humanities theories and debates, this course supports students in synthesising their knowledge and skills into a comprehensive, independent research project. Students will be guided through creating a project proposal and literature review, as the basis for making a contribution to digital humanities research that relates to particular field, problem, area, topic, or challenge of the student's choosing.
Research Proposal (1000 words)
Learning outcomes 1, 2
Literature review (2000 words)
Learning outcomes 2
Final research project (7000 words)
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4
A total of 260 hours over the semester, including meetings with the seminar group and individually with the project supervisor. 260 hours of total student learning time made up from: a) 12-24 hours of contact over 12 weeks of seminar and supervisory meetings; and b) 236-248 hours of independent student research, reading and writing. Work Integrated Learning Projects This course includes an independent research module, which gives students the freedom and flexibility to pursue a topic of their choice within the interdisciplinary field of Digital Humanities. Students are tasked with creating a research plan, a literature review, and a final project report or essay. Students also have the opportunity to create new datasets, develop new digital methods, and investigate new theoretical frameworks. To date, several students have published their findings and projects completed in these courses.
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