Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
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4317127 Digital Humanities and Heritage | OB | 0 | 2 |
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To attend these studies, the general prerequisites of the MA degree on Humanities and Digital Heritage are necessary. In general, the student should have already some studies at BA-level on Humanities and / or Social Sciences disciplines. The course can also be useful to computer science graduates who want to specialize in the use of digital technologies in the field of Humanities and cultural studies, although they do not have previous experience on Humanities nor Cultural studies. Familiarity, at use level, with computers and standard office software is required. Although not mandatory, prior training, at a basic level, in the use of computerized databases, computer-assisted cartography, digital photography and statistics is recommended.
The basic and reference bibliography is in English, as well as the software to be used. Knowledge of English at the level of specialized reading is therefore recommended.
This Module provides the mandatory implementation of specific practical work in various public and private cultural institutions, where students can apply the knowledge acquired and skills developed during the theoretical-practical teaching.
The practical activities are in accordance with what is stipulated in the PC3a process. Management of external internships in the Internal Quality Assurance System (SGIQ) of the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters of the UAB. According to this process, the training objectives of external internships are:
1. To allow students to apply and complement the theoretical and practical knowledge acquired throughout academic training.
2. Facilitate the knowledge of the methodology of work adapted to the professional reality in which the graduates will have to operate, contrasting and applying the knowledges and competitions acquired.
3. To favor the acquisition of technical, methodological, personal and group competencies that prepare the graduate for the exercise of professional activities.
4. Obtain a practical experience that facilitates the insertion of students in the labor market and improves their future employability.
5. Foster the values of innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship.
Given the mandatory nature of these internships, the degree undertakes to provide an adequate place in a cultural institution or research group, attending as far as possible to the interests and requests of students, but taking into account the availability and collaboration agreements signed each year. In the event that more than one student is interested in the same place in a certain institution or specific group to carry out a specific activity, the coordinator, in collaboration with the teaching committee and the institution involved will enable a concurrency mechanism that will take into account the technical knowledge of the student, his / her academic record and previous professional experience.
The UAB Faculty of Letters maintains collaboration agreements for teaching internships with various cultural institutions that will change every year. There is also the possibility of doing internships in research laboratories at UAB and at UPF. At the beginning of the course, students will be invited with a list of available places and the topics and projects that can be done in each one. If a student believes that some practical activity can be done at an institution that is not on the initial list, the possibility of signing an agreement with the institution will be evaluated. If it cannot be signed in the available time, the student will have to choose some activity from the offered ones.
Carrying out practical work on digital matters, either in the chosen cultural institution, in university facilities or at the choice of the students, in common agreement with the responsible personnel of the institution. Faced with the possible interruption of face-to-face activities due to force majeure, the teachers will publish the alternatives and communicate them to the collaborating institution and the students.
Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.
Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Type: Directed | |||
Initial presentation of work to do | 2 | 0.08 | 8, 13, 17, 18, 28, 12, 32, 42, 44, 43, 27, 11 |
Type: Supervised | |||
Realización del trabajo práctico | 46 | 1.84 | 5, 6, 2, 3, 1, 4, 9, 7, 8, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 28, 12, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 22, 29, 30, 31, 32, 42, 44, 40, 43, 33, 38, 35, 37, 39, 36, 34, 41, 27, 10, 11 |
Type: Autonomous | |||
Documentation | 3 | 0.12 | 17 |
Thus subject does not allow single round evaluation.
The student who has done the internship to the satisfaction of the institution will get 3.3 points out of a total of 10 with which he scores in the subject. Depending on the lack of attendance and the state of completion of the activity, the staff of the institution may reduce this annotation.
The internships will be evaluated by the staff responsible for the institution that supervises the activity. This report addressed to the teacher coordinating the internships will add another 3.3 points to the final grade.
Students will prepare and deliver to the institution and the coordinating faculty a reasoned report of the activity and of the learning they consider to have achieved with its realization. This report, evaluated by the coordinator of the module will award another 3.4 points to the final grade.
At the end of the activity, the teacher will inform (Moodle, SIA) of the procedure and date of review of the grades.
The student will receive the grade of Not evaluated as long as he / she has not done 50% of the practical activities specified at the beginning.
In the event that the student commits any irregularity that could lead to a significant variation in the grade of an assessment act, this assessment act will be graded with 0, regardless of the disciplinary process that may be instructed. In the event of several irregularities in the evaluation acts of the same subject, the final grade for this subject will be 0.
In the event that the internships cannot be done in person, their format will be adapted (maintaining their weighting) to the possibilities offered by the UAB’s virtual tools. Homework, activities and class participation will be done through forums, wikis and / or exercise discussions through Moodle, Teams, etc. The teacher will ensure that the student can access it or offer alternative means, which are available to them.
Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Realization of practical work | 33% | 33 | 1.32 | 5, 6, 2, 3, 1, 4, 9, 7, 8, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 28, 12, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 22, 29, 30, 31, 32, 42, 44, 40, 43, 33, 38, 35, 37, 39, 36, 34, 41, 27, 10, 11 |
Student delivery to the institution and coordinating teaching staff of the reports and memories. | 33% | 33 | 1.32 | 5, 6, 2, 3, 1, 4, 9, 7, 8, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 28, 12, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 22, 29, 30, 31, 32, 42, 44, 40, 43, 33, 38, 35, 37, 39, 36, 34, 41, 27, 10, 11 |
Student progress report prepared by the responsible staff at the institution | 33% | 33 | 1.32 | 5, 6, 2, 3, 1, 4, 9, 7, 8, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 28, 12, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 22, 29, 30, 31, 32, 42, 44, 40, 43, 33, 38, 35, 37, 39, 36, 34, 41, 27, 10, 11 |
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Needed software will depend on the activity