Admission requirements
None.
Description
This course introduces students to digital humanities approaches in the study of Korea through a dual focus on conceptual exploration and practical application. The course examines scholarship on Korea as a research field, considering how digital technologies have been applied in research. Students will also get hands-on training in digital text analysis. They will learn to work with data and sources according to the FAIR principles (finding, accessible, interoperable, and reproducible) and then apply newly learned skills to complete a research project. While no prior programming experience is required, nor will programming be taught, students will be introduced to “off-the-shelf” digital tools and techniques that support data and source organization and textual analysis
This course provides essential digital literacy for modern Korean studies research while maintaining critical perspectives on the limitations and possibilities of computational approaches to cultural analysis. Ultimately, this course will prepare students to explore Korea in the digital world at the BA3 level and beyond.
Course objectives
Through hands-on workshops and guided projects, participants will learn to do the following:
Collect and prepare text data for analysis
Apply basic natural language processing techniques to Korean texts
Use text mining tools for discovering patterns and insights
Visualize and report textual data and analysis results
Engage Korean-language text in a manageable and useful manner
By the end of the course, students will complete a small-scale digital project applying text analysis methods to Korean materials provided by the instructors.
Timetable
The timetables are available through My Timetable.
Mode of instruction
Lecture
Research
Assessment method
This course consists of three parts that are assessed as below. The final mark is determined by the weighted average of the three assessment criteria.
Weighting
Participation (15%)
Project on Research Methods (25%)
Final Paper (60%)
- Resit
To pass the course, students must receive an overall mark of 5.50 (=6) or higher and a passing grade for the final paper assignment (5.5 or higher). Students who failed the course (receiving an overall mark of 5.49 [=5] or lower) or who failed the final paper assignment (5.49 or lower) must take a resit. The resit, which is only open to students who meet the attendance criteria for the course as a whole, consists of a revised and expanded version of the final paper worth 100% of the grade.
Inspection and Feedback
Students may make an individual appointment with the instructor within 30 days after the publication of their final grades in order to review the grades.
Reading list
There is no course text. Weekly readings are listed in the course syllabus, which will be distributed in the period immediately preceding the beginning of the class.
Registration
Enrolment through MyStudyMap is mandatory.
General information about course and exam enrolment is available on the website.
Contact
For substantive questions, contact the lecturer listed in the right information bar.
For questions about enrolment, admission, etc, contact the Education Administration Office: Herta Mohr
Remarks
A strict attendance policy is imposed. Missing more than three sessions during the semester may result in being barred from further attendance and having course work ungraded. Any absences must be notified in advance. Dispensation from the attendance policy for extenuating circumstances can only be granted by the Board of Examiners after consultation with the instructor.