Category Archives : Course
Intro to DH | Summer 2021
Past DH 101 Final Projects Course Description This course is an introduction to the Digital Humanities, its methods, theories, and applications in humanistic research. It covers a variety of digital tools and approaches to organize, explore, understand, present and tell stories with data. In this course, you will learn…
Stats for Humanists | Winter 2021 Syllabus
Course Description This is a learner-centered, project-based, introductory applied statistics course that exemplifies the principle of “data for good,” or putting Data Science and Digital Humanities to work for social justice efforts. Students will choose a data set that is personally meaningful and work with others who are interested in…
Social Media Data Analytics | Spring 2019 Syllabus
Course Description: This class will help you develop data mining and social media analysis skills using Python 3. It will also ask you to think critically about the ethical use of social media data. This is a hands-on, interdisciplinary data analytics class for those who have at least a casual…
Power and Authority on the Early American Frontier: Explorations with Text Analysis | Fall 2019 Syllabus
Course Description: This is an upper division Digital Humanities course that teaches text analysis, employing both user friendly tools and Python. We apply these techniques to study the history of Native- and Euro- American interactions in the present-day Midwest between 1776 and 1820. What did the Native American communities think,…
DH 150 Winter 2019 Syllabus
Power and Authority on the Early American Frontier: Explorations with Text Analysis Instructor: Dr. Ashley Sanders Garcia (Prof. Garcia) Meeting Times: Tuesday & Thursday, 9:00-10:50am | Winter 2019 Location: Rolfe Hall Learning Lab (Rolfe 2118) Office Hours: Tuesdays 2:00-4:00 & Wednesdays 9:00-11:00 (323 Royce) Course Description: What did the Native American communities…
DH 101 Fall 2018 Syllabus
DH 101: Introduction to Digital Humanities Instructor: Dr. Ashley Sanders Garcia (Prof. Garcia) Office Location: Royce 323 Office Hours: Tuesdays 2:00-4:00pm | Wednesdays 9:00-11:00am Email: asandersgarcia[at]g[dot]ucla[dot]edu TAs: Dustin O’Hara | Craig Messner Course Website: https://tinyurl.com/F18-DH101 Course Description This course is an introduction to the Digital Humanities, its methods, theories, and applications in humanistic…
From Text to Insight: A Graduate “Intro to DH” Summer 2018 Course
Course Description: What is DH and what does it add to our scholarship? This course answers these questions and provides students with an opportunity to learn and apply various digital research methods to their own research. Through frequent hands-on workshops, students will acquire transferable digital skills in the command line,…
DGHM 150: DH Studio (Fall 2017)
Claremont McKenna College DGHM 150: DH Studio Fall 2017 Course Instructor: Dr. Ashley Sanders Garcia Ashley.Sanders@cmc.edu Email is the best way to reach me. Phone/Skype Hours: By appointment Office Hours: Wednesday 12:30-2:30 Ashley Sanders Garcia holds a Ph.D. in History with a specialization in Digital Humanities from Michigan State University…
Text Analysis for Effective Humanities Research in the Digital Age
Claremont Graduate University Text Analysis for Effective Research in the Digital Age Fall 2017 Course Instructor: Dr. Ashley Sanders Ashley.Sanders@cgu.edu O: 909.607.0894 C: 424.256.5960 Email is the best way to reach me. Phone/Skype Hours: By appointment Office Hours: Monday 10:00-12:00 Ashley Sanders holds a Ph.D. in History with…
Course Materials for “Intro to DH”
Week 1: Basic Text Analysis Workshop: Week 2: Data for Humanists (& Social Scientists): Week 2: Data Visualization for Humanists Workshop Register & prepare for the workshop: Download the 14-day free trial version of Tableau Download the workshop data (Excel files): Authorized French Workers to Algeria Indiana Population by County-1830…