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English Literature (ENG)
118 Prince Lucien Campbell, 541-346-3911
English
College of Arts & Sciences
Course Data
  ENG 250   Lit & Digital Culture >1 4.00 cr.
This course will focus on the intersection of digital culture and literary studies. Students will learn how to use digital tools to study literature. Simultnaeously, they will use literary analysis approaches to study contemporary digital culture.
Grading Options: Optional; see degree guide or catalog for degree requirements
Instructor: Burkert ME-mail Office:   235 PLC
Phone:   (541) 346-0272
Course Materials
 
  CRN Avail Max Time Day Location Instructor Notes
  12471 3 40 1015-1145 tr 00 REMOTE Burkert M  
Academic Deadlines
Deadline     Last day to:
September 27:   Process a complete drop (100% refund, no W recorded)
October 3:   Drop this course (100% refund, no W recorded; after this date, W's are recorded)
October 3:   Process a complete drop (90% refund, no W recorded; after this date, W's are recorded)
October 4:   Process a complete withdrawal (90% refund, W recorded)
October 4:   Withdraw from this course (100% refund, W recorded)
October 5:   Add this course
October 5:   Last day to change to or from audit
October 11:   Process a complete withdrawal (75% refund, W recorded)
October 11:   Withdraw from this course (75% refund, W recorded)
October 18:   Process a complete withdrawal (50% refund, W recorded)
October 18:   Withdraw from this course (50% refund, W recorded)
October 25:   Process a complete withdrawal (25% refund, W recorded)
October 25:   Withdraw from this course (25% refund, W recorded)
November 15:   Withdraw from this course (0% refund, W recorded)
December 2:   Change grading option for this course
Caution You can't drop your last class using the "Add/Drop" menu in DuckWeb. Go to the “Completely Withdraw from Term/University” link to begin the complete withdrawal process. If you need assistance with a complete drop or a complete withdrawal, please contact the Office of Academic Advising, 101 Oregon Hall, 541-346-3211 (8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday). If you are attempting to completely withdraw after business hours, and have difficulty, please contact the Office of Academic Advising the next business day.

Expanded Course Description
This course is the gateway to the English Department’s Digital Humanities Minor. The interdisciplinary field of digital humanities (DH) is concerned with the two-way relationship between digital technology and the humanities (academic disciplines that study language, literature, history, philosophy, religion, etc.). Digital tools allow humanities scholars to access, examine, and communicate about their materials in new ways and for new audiences. At the same time, critical approaches from the humanities can be used to analyze digital culture. A digital humanist could be someone who creates interactive maps of ancient cities with geolocation data, uses machine learning to discover patterns of characterization across thousands of novels, or theorizes how social media is changing representations of race in popular culture. Of course, no single course could introduce you to digital approaches in all the humanities at once! Instead, this course will focus on the relationship between literature and digital culture. How does digital technology enable innovations in the study of literary and cultural history? How might insights from literary and cultural studies be applied to better understand the possibilities, limitations, and dangers of technology? You do not need to identify as a tech whiz to succeed this class, but you must have an open mind about exploring these subjects.
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