This capstone course represents the culmination of the Master of Digital Humanities program. Building on foundational courses in digital humanities methods and projects, and digital humanities theories and debates, this course supports students in synthesising their knowledge and skills into a comprehensive, independent research project. Students will be guided through creating a project proposal and literature review, as the basis for making a contribution to digital humanities research that relates to particular field, problem, area, topic, or challenge of the student's choosing.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
- design and execute an independent research project that addresses a significant question in digital humanities;
- identify and critically analyse relevant literature, including theoretical and methodological approaches to the chosen topic;
- demonstrate a sophisticated application of digital humanities methods and theories to the research question; and
- communicate research findings effectively through written and digital media.
Work Integrated Learning
Projects
This course includes an independent research module, which gives students the freedom and flexibility to pursue a topic of their choice within the interdisciplinary field of Digital Humanities. Students are tasked with creating a research plan, a literature review, and a final project report or essay. Students also have the opportunity to create new datasets, develop new digital methods, and investigate new theoretical frameworks. To date, several students have published their findings and projects completed in these courses.
Indicative Assessment
- Research Proposal (1000 words) (20) [LO 1,2]
- Literature review (2000 words) (30) [LO 2]
- Final research project (7000 words) (50) [LO 1,2,3,4]
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Workload
A total of 260 hours over the semester, including meetings with the seminar group and individually with the project supervisor.
260 hours of total student learning time made up from:
a) 12-24 hours of contact over 12 weeks of seminar and supervisory meetings; and
b) 236-248 hours of independent student research, reading and writing.
Requisite and Incompatibility
You will need to contact the School of Literature, Languages and Linguistics to request a permission code to enrol in this course.
Prescribed Texts
Not applicable
Assumed Knowledge
Students need to be willing to develop a research question, propose a basic plan for their independent research and be able to describe and discuss their independent research with fellow students and staff. Ideally students will have some background (prior study or work experience) relevant to the area of research.
Fees
Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.
Commonwealth Support (CSP) Students
If you have been offered a Commonwealth supported place, your fees are set by the Australian Government for each course. At ANU 1 EFTSL is 48 units (normally 8 x 6-unit courses). More information about your student contribution amount for each course at Fees.
- Student Contribution Band:
- 14
- Unit value:
- 12 units
If you are a domestic graduate coursework student with a Domestic Tuition Fee (DTF) place or international student you will be required to pay course tuition fees (see below). Course tuition fees are indexed annually. Further information for domestic and international students about tuition and other fees can be found at Fees.
Where there is a unit range displayed for this course, not all unit options below may be available.
| Units | EFTSL |
|---|---|
| 12.00 | 0.25000 |
Course fees
- Domestic fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2025 | $8640 |
- International fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2025 | $12720 |
Offerings, Dates and Class Summary Links
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Class summaries, if available, can be accessed by clicking on the View link for the relevant class number.
First Semester
| Class number | Class start date | Last day to enrol | Census date | Class end date | Mode Of Delivery | Class Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4181 | 17 Feb 2025 | 24 Feb 2025 | 31 Mar 2025 | 23 May 2025 | In Person | View |
Second Semester
| Class number | Class start date | Last day to enrol | Census date | Class end date | Mode Of Delivery | Class Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9163 | 21 Jul 2025 | 28 Jul 2025 | 31 Aug 2025 | 24 Oct 2025 | In Person | N/A |