COMM 202 - Introduction to Digital Humanities

Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Hours: 3
Laboratory (or Other) Hours: 0

General Education Code(s): 23HU
Other Course Attribute(s): COMM, HUMN, LASC

This course will introduce students to the use of digital tools in the humanities to increase our understanding, analysis, and production of texts. It will provide a survey of technology common to the field of communications.

Student Learning Outcomes of the Course: In order to fulfill the Humanities GE, students will be able to:

demonstrate knowledge of the conventions and methods of at least one of the humanities; and
recognize and analyze nuance and complexity of meaning through critical reflections on text, visual images, or artifacts.

In order to fulfill course-specific outcomes, students will be able to:

demonstrate proficiency with a suite of digital humanities softwares
analyze texts through digital humanities techniques

Repeatable: No