Students will have some freedom in choosing topics and types of assignments, but all students will be required to turn in assignments of at least 2 of the 3 types listed here. CS students will be required to do at least one programming project and Humanities students will be required to do at least one extensive essay. Each student will be responsible for designing and completing a research project that demonstrates the ability to use concepts from the class in addressing a practical problem for humanities computing. A significant part of the final grade will depend on the three project assignments. Students will need to submit a project proposal, a progress report, and the project itself.
Students can elect to do a project on an assigned topic, or to select a topic of their own.
The final version of the project will be put on the World Wide Web, and will be defended in front of the class at the end of the semester. In some cases, students may be allowed to work in pairs, e.g., a CS student might pair with a humanities student to collaborate on a larger project. May 4 Readings Readings will consist of various book chapters, journal articles, WWW pages, and so on. Materials that are not on line or in library reserve will be distributed in class, or can be picked up during office hours. Click here to see a list of readings, which will be updated as the class progresses.