English711⎯ ProgrammingforHumanists,Summer2016
May31–June25,2016
INSTRUCTOR
DaveClark
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OVERVIEW
MATERIALS
COURSEOBJECTIVES
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Programminghasbecomeanimportantskillintechnical/professional
communicationandacrossthedigitalhumanities.Inthiscourse,wewill
engagewithdiscourseaboutcontemporaryprogrammingandcoding,
particularlyasitrelatestothehumanities.Wewillalsodosignificant
hands-onworkwithkeyandemergingtechnologiesfordigital
production,textmanagement,contentmanagement,naturallanguage
processing,anddataminingandanalysis.Dependingonyourprojects,
yourtoolsmayincludeHTML,CSS,XML,XQuery,XPath,R,andTEI,along
withappropriateprogramminglanguages(e.g.,PythonandPerl).
Youmaynotknowalloftheseacronyms,andthat’sok!Noparticular
priortechnicalknowledgeisexpected,butyouwillbeexpectedto
challengeyourselftoexploreallofthekeytoolsets.Assessmentwillbe
basedonshortessaysandondigitalprojects,includingafinalproject
thatengageswithyourownwork.
Youwillnotberequiredtopurchaseanymaterialsforthiscourse,
althoughyoumaywishtobuysomebooksorsoftwaredependingon
whattechnologiesyouendupusing.Wewillberelyingononlinetools
andPDFsofreadings.
Also,asaUWMstudent,youhavefreeaccesstoLynda.com,andIsuggest
youuseit!Iwilloccasionallyassignvideos.Ifyou’venevercheckedit
out,youreallyshould;it’sgreatforlearningsoftware.
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• Toengagewithscholarshipandmainstreamdiscourseon
programmingandthedigitalhumanities
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Tocultivateabroadunderstandingofthescopeandpossibilitiesof
existingtools,theories,andapproaches
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Toacquirehands-onabilitieswithkeytools
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Todevelopandimplementstrategicapproachestowell-defined
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programmingproblems
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TECHNOLOGY
ASSIGNMENTSAND
GRADING
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Togainfamiliaritywithimportantgenresofprofessional
communication
• Togainproficiencyinusingcomputer-mediatedcommunications
HardwareandSoftware
Mostofthetoolswewilluseareopensourceorveryinexpensive,and
youshouldn’thavetobuyanyparticulartoolsforthecourse.Youwill,
however,needtohaveregular,administrator-levelaccesstoacomputer
sothatyoucaninstallandcustomizeyourtoolsets.Ifyoudon’tcurrently
haveamachinethatyoucancustomize,I’mhappytomake
recommendationsofsomeveryinexpensive(<$200)options.
Suggestions
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Keepcloudbackupcopiesofalltheworkyouproduceforthisclass.
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Don’tdeleteanyofyourfilesjustbecauseyou’veturnedinthe
assignment;youmaywishtoreviseandre-submit.
ActiveandSubstantiveParticipation
Activeparticipationinallcourseactivitiesandassignmentsisextremely
important.Pleaseplanondoingthefollowing:
• Engageactivelywithyourclassmates:Shareresources,commenton
other’sposts,anddeveloprelationshipsexternaltoourclass.
• CheckD2Landemail(atleast)daily.Thisisafour-weekcourse,so
we’llbemovingquickly.Whileyouwillnothaveformalassignments
everyday,therewillbedailyupdatesandongoingdiscussions,and
it’llbeimportantforyoutokeepup!
DeadlinesandExtensions
I'mprettyflexiblewithdeadlines(althoughI’llneedtobesomewhatless
flexibleinacompressed,four-weekcourse!),andI’mwillingtogrant
extensionsifyouhaveagoodreason.Buttobeeligibleforanextension,
youmustcontactmebeforetheassignmentisdue.Atthattime,wewill
agreeonanewdeadlinefortheassignmentandyouwillneedtomeet
thatdeadlinetoreceivefullcredit.
Otherwise,ifyourassignmentislateIwillloweryourgradebyathirdof
agradeforeachdaythatyourassignmentislate,includingweekends.
Assignments
Somebasicrequirementsandexpectations:
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Doalltheassignments.Youmustcompletealloftheassignmentsto
passthecourse.
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Don’tplagiarize.Plagiarismisaseriousoffensethatwillresultina
failinggradeforanassignmentorforthecourse.Whenyouuseideas,
information,ormaterialfromothersources,citethosesources.If
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you’renotsure,pleaseask.
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Revise.I'mbigonrevision.Allmajorassignmentsmayberevisedfor
anewgrade,aslongasyoumeettheseconddeadline.
ASSIGNMENTS(TENTATIVE)
POINTS
Readingresponses
200
Datamining/analysisassignment
200
Productionassignment
200
Research/technologyreport
100
Majorproject(withseveralsubcomponents)
SpecificationandPlanning
100
Analyticalreport
100
Deliverable
100
Participation
100
TOTAL
1100
Ifatanypointyouwanttoknowwhereyoustandinthecourse,dividethe
totalnumberofpointsyou’vereceivedbythetotalnumberofpoints
possibletothatpointinthecourse,multiplyby100,andcomparewiththis
chart(alternately,youcancheckourcourseD2Lsite):
A
93andup
C
73-76
A-
90-93
C-
70-72
B+
87-89
D+
67-69
B
83-86
D
63-66
B-
80-82
D-
60-62
C+
77-79
F
59andbelow
UniversityPolicies
Pleaseseehttp://www.uwm.edu/Dept/SecU/SyllabusLinks.pdffor
universitypoliciesonreligiousobservances,militaryduty,etc.
DepartmentPolicy
TheEnglishDepartmentreservestherighttoadministrativelydrop
studentswhohavenotattendedthefirstweekofclasses.
TimeCommitment
Inaregularcourseduringa16-weeksemester,youwouldexpectto
spendabout144hoursreadingandwriting.We’regoingtodothisin
fourweeks,soplanonbeingbusy.
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COURSESTRUCTURE
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Here'sthebasicstructureofourcoursepresenceonD2L:
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Content."Content"leadstoallofthedocumentsofourcourse,the
syllabus,thepolicysheets,theweeklyassignments,etc.Onthefirst
day,I'dlikeyoutoreadallthe"GeneralCourseDocuments."
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Discussions."Discussions"linkstoourdiscussionforums.You'llonly
needtogohereifyou'reinstructedtobyanassignmentorifyouneed
toforagroupassignment.
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Dropbox.Thisiswhereyou'llturninassignments,unlessIaskyouto
submitthemviae-mail.
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Grades.Youmaycheckyourgradeatanytime.Iwillupdatethem
wheneverthere'sanewgradeavailable.
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