Entry requirements

A Bachelor's degree, equivalent to a Swedish Kandidatexamen, from an internationally recognised university. The main field of study must be within the humanities. Proficiency in English equivalent to the Swedish upper secondary course English 6.

Learning outcomes

After completing the course, the student is expected to have achieved the following knowledge and skills:

• In-depth knowledge of scientific theories and methods of relevance to the humanities and social sciences in general and digital humanities in particular.
• The ability to formulate an appropriate theoretical approach to a research problem and to select a suitable method for approaching the research problem.
• The ability to express oneself within and explain the characteristics of the genre scientific writing.

Content

The course examines general theories and methods of relevance to the humanities and

social sciences with a specific focus on those theories and methods of particular relevance to research in the digital humanities. The course also functions as a preparation for the forthcoming master's thesis course, as the student will choose a subject for their thesis and begin to formulate theoretical approaches and methodological choices.

Instruction

Instruction will largely be in the form of seminars and group exercises. Lectures will also take place. All elements of tuition that involve some form of examination are compulsory. Absence will need to be compensated for by performing supplementary tasks. We recommend that course participants bring a laptop for use during classes, however this is not necessary.

Assessment

Examination will be by written individual written examination, oral and written seminar exercises and the presentation of assignments and exercises conducted individually or in groups.

Active participation in the examined seminars is a requirement fulfiling the course requirements. Any student who misses a single compulsory teaching element will be required to submit a supplementary assignment, the scope of which will reflect the workload that would have been required to actively participate in the teaching element in question.

Generally speaking, the course will include one ordinary examination opportunity plus one retake. The date of the retake will also be the deadline for submitting supplementary assignments. Thereafter, students will be referred to the next occasion on which the course is held, which as a rule will be during the following academic year.

Students who wish to complete supplementary assignments from a previous course will preferably be given an assignment based on current course content. All elements of the course will be assessed with one of the grades fail, pass or pass with distinction.

If there are special reasons for doing so, an examiner may make an exception from the method of assessment indicated and allow a student to be assessed by another method. An example of special reasons might be a certificate regarding special pedagogical support from the University's disability coordinator.