07:20 PM to 10:00 PM R
Research Hall 402
Section Information for Fall 2012
This course will cover some foundational technical skills useful for digital history research, including database design, PHP, Javascript, command line programming, and techniques for acquiring, manipulating, and visualizing historical data--especially for mapping and text mining. Students will be expected to complete programming assignments each week and progressively combine the various skills to complete more sophisticated assignments and a final project (ideally part of a larger research project). Exercises and tutorials will try to address real-world digital history problems with the hope that students will be able employ these techniques in their own work after the course. While no particular programming knowledge is required, students must have some experience writing code in a text editor and using FTP software. It is highly recommended that enrollees have completed and enjoyed HIST 696.HIST 698 001 students should contact Nicole Roth (nroth@gmu.edu) to enroll in this course.
Credits: 3
Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.
Enrollment is limited to Graduate, Non-Degree or Undergraduate level students.
Students in a Non-Degree Undergraduate degree may not enroll.
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