GCP-20005 - Module Specification
School of Humanities
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

Programme/Approved Electives for 2024/25

Available as a Free Standing Elective

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

None

Barred Combinations

None

Description for 2024/25

Data are the building blocks of the digital world. Quadrillions of bytes of digital data are currently produced on a daily basis and the rate of increase is exponential. This data inform every aspect of our everyday lives - from democracy to health, from media to computing, from memory of the past to experiencing spaces in the present, and from the digital to the physical lives that we live. This module immerses you in the study of digital data in a fascinating variety of forms and everyday-life uses. Working in inter-disciplinary project groups to address contemporary `problems¿ of your own choosing and real-life challenging scenarios, you will explore and practice how digital data can be harnessed to make positive contributions to a sustainable world.

The module aims to introduce students to the ways digital data is produced, aggregated, curated, analysed, and used in diverse settings ranging from media, history, and politics to health and computing. It also aims to enhance students¿s skills in analysing and producing digital data to address contemporary or future challenges linked to the UN Global Sustainability Goals.
The module combines insights and skills from different disciplinary perspectives with collaborative project work based on real-life scenarios, providing students with opportunities to make an active intervention in shaping more sustainable digital futures.

Intended Learning Outcomes

Explore and critically apply a range of inter- and trans-disciplinary uses of digital data and technologies to make active contributions to a more sustainable world: 1,2
Mobilise knowledge of digital data analysis and production to address real-life problems linking to the UN Sustainable Development Goals: 2
Gain a better understanding of the ways in which the digital and the physical world connect with each other and of how the former can become a force of positive change for the latter: 2
Produce outputs aimed at different audiences, contexts, and purposes in relation to societal, workplace, and intercultural contexts: 1,2
Gain experience in core transferable skills, such as project management, data analysis and visualisation, digital curation, and digital production: 1,2
Define and analyse a problem or challenge, to explore solutions by working collaboratively, and to reflect on their individual and collective experiences: 1,2
Develop analytical, networking, management, and communication skills geared to career enhancement: 1,2
Reflect on the interrelation between global challenges and the ways in which their affect the local communities: 1,2

Study hours

Active Learning 44 hours:
- 22 hours compulsory sessions
- 6 hours compulsory sessions to include re-induction activity, facilitated group work sessions
- 5 hours optional assessment support workshop
- 5 hours group project workshops (small group)
- 6 hours student -led group sessions/collaborative project work
Independent Study 106 hours:
- 46 hours assessment preparation and follow up
- 60 hours of independent research and preparation for assessments

School Rules

None

Description of Module Assessment