I858 – Project Seminar Digital Archaeology

Module

Project Seminar Digital Archaeology
Project Seminar Digital Archaeology

Please note: This module will be offered for the first time in the Winter semester 2025/26 semester.

Module number

I858
Version: 1

Faculty

Informatics/Mathematics

Level

Master

Duration

1 Semester

Semester

Winter semester

Module supervisor

PD Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Marco Block-Berlitz
marco.block-berlitz(at)htw-dresden.de

Lecturer(s)

Dr. phil. Hendrik Rohland
hendrik.rohland(at)htw-dresden.de

Course language(s)

English
in "Project Seminar Digital Archaeology"

ECTS credits

5.00 credits

Workload

150 hours

Courses

2.00 SCH (2.00 SCH Seminar)

Self-study time

120.00 hours

Pre-examination(s)

None

Examination(s)

Alternative examination - Project
Module examination | Weighting: 100% | tested in English language
in "Project Seminar Digital Archaeology"

Form of teaching

There are regular colloquia where supervision by the instructors and discussion between the participants is provided.

Students prepare presentations to document and share the progress of their projects. At the end the students will submit their final presentation, and the result of their work, e.g. a research paper, app/webapp and documentation, research dataset...

Media type

No information

Instruction content/structure

This module is intended as a practice in self-guided scientific work, preparing the participants for the work on their master's thesis. The participants will develop a research or development project in groups or alone throughout the course of the semester.

The participants will apply the digital methods learned so far to their field of archaeological expertise to engage in research-, development-, or dissemination/public outreach projects.

There will be regular consultation sessions, where students can discuss their progress and problems with the supervisors and with each other.

Qualification objectives

Participants of the course will...

... be able to plan and implement a project by themselves.
... be able to devise, express and follow a scientific methodology.
... be able to cooperate in interdisciplinary teams.
... practice the transfer of acquired knowledge to new fields of application.
... be able to document their working process and products to create reproducable research.
... acquire a deeper understanding of a specialised field of expertise.

Social and personal skills

The participants of the course will...

... practice their problem-solving skills.
... improve their time- and self-management.
... practice their skills in oral presentation.
... improve their ability for critical discussion and the providing and receiving of feedback.

Special admission requirements

Recommended prerequisites

It is recomended to complete modul I854 Academic Research and Writing before taking this modul.

Continuation options

Literature

Dependent on the respective topics

Current teaching resources

Dependent on the respective topics

Notes

No information

Link to course/learning resources in OPAL

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