KCL • CCH • Minor programme

DIGITAL HUMANITIES
King's College London

Sources, topics and exercises for
AV1000
Fundamentals of the digital humanities
2007–2008

The first year of the CCH minor programme at King's College London is dedicated to the basic methods and techniques of the digital humanities: communications, including online research methods and publishing; literary and linguistic analysis of text with concording, collocation and frequency tools; numerical analysis and representation of numerical data with graphs; bibliographic management; digitisation and imaging; and the representation and manipulation of tabular data. Strong emphasis is placed on the practical implications and consequences of computing for research in the humanities as well as on basic research skills. Students are expected to think with and about computational tools.

• Overview of the course. Explains the nature of the course, the topics, assessed work, transferrable skills and the academic subject area.
• Calendar. Gives a summary account of each meeting, readings, exercises &c.
• Index to readings and reference materials by topic. A logical arrangement of the course-specific materials by topic, intended for purposes of review.
• Bibliography. Recommended readings and reference materials for the digital humanities.
• Notes from class sessions.

For administrative details see the Programme Handbook.

KCL • CCH • Minor programme