This course will introduce the computer as a tool in a range of arts and humanities disciplines and show how computing has influenced those disciplines. Students will gain a broad understanding of the use of computers as well as develop transferable computing skills in a range of application areas. The course is divided between lectures and lab-based practical work and enlivened with visiting lecturers and visits to museums, galleries or libraries to investigate how they use new technologies. Students will be expected to use traditional library as well as electronic resources to investigate and report on current use of computing in the humanities; topics covered include web design, text processing, the use and design of databases, and the fundamentals of digitisation.

Your second-year studies in DMIS build on the foundations laid in the first year and introduce new concepts and applications including artificial intelligence, 3D modelling, cataloguing and metadata, cyberspace, scripting and communication technologies, and digital preservation.

DMIS1B extends the learning experience of DMIS1A. Students will go ino more depth the areas studied in the first module and apply their knowledge to some fresh topics.

DMIS 2B follows on from level 2A. Visiting students may also take this course.