HIST 390: The Digital Past

HIST 390-003: The Digital Past
(Fall 2017)

07:20 PM to 10:00 PM M

Section Information for Fall 2017

The Digital Past will explore digital technology’s influence on historical inquiry, research, presentation and dissemination.  In additional to learning basic information technology concepts through ‘learning by doing’, students will learn to critically evaluate digital sources and reflect on how new technologies transform the societies that embrace them.   Weekly readings and assignments will examine databases and digital storage, search and retrieval, mapping, data visualization, digital storytelling, copyright law, and computer security.  Using the skills developed over the course of the semester, students will use digital tools to produce a final historical research project related to the course section’s theme: Media, Journalism and Film.  Instructor: Andrea Odiorne

 

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Course Information from the University Catalog

Credits: 3

Teaches the fundamentals of information technology within the context of a history course. Students learn fundamentals and skills as well as how our society became so enamored of and dependent on these knowledge and information tools. Understanding a new technology requires understanding how new technologies transform the societies that embrace them. Emphasizes the use of free and open-source software whenever possible. Limited to three attempts.
Mason Core: Info Tech & Computing
Schedule Type: Lecture
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.

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