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 103-203 Internet Applications in the Social Sciences and Humanities

Note

Available as 103-303 at 3rd-year level.

Credit Points

16.7 2nd and 3rd year

Coordinator

Dr Michael Arnold

Prerequisites

Successful completion of 103-230/330 Computer Applications in the Social Sciences and Humanities, or an approved equivalent.

Semester

2

Contact

One 1-hour lecture and one 2-hour laboratory session per week

Subject Description

This subject will enable students to develop the skills required to effectively access and acquire information from the Internet in an area of interest in the Social Sciences or Humanities, and to develop the skills required to design, construct and publish a Web-site reflecting this area of interest. Students who complete this subject successfully will be familiar with the various resources available on the Internet, will have an understanding of how to purposefully access and retrieve information from the Internet, will have an understanding of the limitations of the internet for the Social Sciences and Humanities, will have an understanding of the principles of effective web-site design, and will have the practical skills to construct a web-site.

Assessment

An internet-based research and publication project (5000 words equivalent).



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