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DOK-2020: Experimental document analysis Work Load
20 credits (ECTS) | Type of course
Theoretical subject. | Level of course/Year of study
Normally third year. | Language of instruction
Scandinavian languages (Norwegian, Danish and Swedish) and English | Examination semester
Autumn
| Objectives
The objective is for the student to learn to master different methods and tools for analysis of different types of documents, as well as to present document analyses at seminars and in workshops and discuss possible alternative forms of production for the analysed document types. | Contents
With a view to document development, students work with different forms of experimental document analysis, and the composition of the document and the media used in its production are emphasised. A specific case will be taken as a starting point, e.g. home pages, electronic patient journals, music videos etc.
Required previous qualifications/ courses:
If DOK-2020 is taken as an intermediate course in the discipline document development, the student must have completed the one-year programme in documentation studies (DOK-1010-1015/16).
Recommended previous qualifications/ courses:
The course requires a basic knowledge of documentation science, i.e. a completed one-year programme in documentation studies (DOK-1010-1015/16), or equivalent. In addition, it is recommended that one of the courses DOK- 2010, -2011 or -2012 is completed in the spring semester.
The literature is in English or Scandinavian languages. | Form of teaching
Teaching mainly consists of project work in a laboratory with supplementary workshops and lectures, and will be coordinated with DOK-2021.
There will be 4 weekly hours of teaching in weeks 34-42 and 45-47, as well as tutorial seminars. In weeks 43-44 the students will be working on a project.
| Coursework requirements
Oral presentation of an analysis draft
| Exam and assessment
Coursework Requirements:
No later than in week 42, during class, the student should give an oral presentation of 15 - 30 minutes of an outline for an analysis with an emphasis on the choice of object of and methods for analysis. The assessment is pass/fail.
Assessment method:
The examination consists of a project paper. The student is to produce a project which should result in a 15-page report of approx. 600 words per page, or a multimedia report containing a minimum of 5 pages of written presentation, to be submitted no later than 25. November 2004. The project is to be presented and kept at the documentation studies web site, and should also be submitted as a hard copy.
Grading: Performance in the course will be assessed with the grades A-F.
Exam language(s): Scandinavian languages (Norwegian, Danish and Swedish)
| Contact person/lecturer
Professor Niels Windfeld Lund, tlf. 776 46284, email: Niels.Windfeld.Lund@hum.uit.no | Recommended reading/syllabus
Available on request | Course overlap
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