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Digital Methods and Primary Sources: Seminar
HIST 2029

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Description

This seminar will teach participants how to use digital tools to design and implement data collection strategies that anticipate their future analytical needs and maximize the research potential of the sources being collected. The course will focus on the design and implementation of effective workflows for digitization and data mining of primary sources, data modelling, and advanced computational approaches to the management of large collections and the extraction of information from a range of visual and textual sources.

School Faculty of Arts & Sciences
Credits 4
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Department History
Course Component Seminar
Subject History
Grading Basis FAS Letter Graded
General Education N/A
Quantitative Reasoning with Data N/A
Divisional Distribution Social Sciences
Course Level Primarily for Graduate Students