Aims and Objectives
Aims:
- to introduce students to a range of computing concepts and archaeological applications;
- to examine how computers have been applied in archaeology and the impact of their use on the development of the discipline;
- to provide students with transferable computing skills in a wide range of application areas.
- to provide students with vocational computing skills in archaeology,
specifically information management, electronic publishing, visualisation (including GIS and CAD), and digital archiving.
Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of the course, students should be able to:
- understand how computers have been applied in archaeology and to what effect;
- have the skills to evaluate critically the claims made for different computer applications and select the correct application for a given problem;
- understand the concept of the Internet and locate and use relevant information on it and create materials to add to it;
- have an understanding of authoring tools and be able to create an electronic text;
- have an understanding of database design and be able to design and implement a simple relational database;
- have an understanding of CAD and GIS and be able to create effective applications in each;
- have an awareness of principles of digital archiving, resource discovery and metadata.
Information supplied by JDR; last updated May 07
