IS 578

Fall 2026 Part of Term 1

Part of Term 1
Aug 24-Dec 9

Seminar in Research Methods

Credit: 4 hours.

Offers an advanced graduate survey of research in areas related to research in research methods, across a wide range of topics. Designed to incorporate multiple guest lectures.

May be repeated in the same or separate terms, to a maximum of 16 hours, if topics vary.

This course satisfies the General Education Criteria in Fall 2022 for:

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IS 578 class schedule data for fall 2026
	Status		CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
			76073	Online	DHO	4:00PM -5:50PM	R	n.a.	Cordell, R	Availability: Open (Restricted) Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/24/26-12/09/26 Degree Notes: ONL Info Science rate course. Section Title: Intro to Digital Humanities Section Info: Will look at some of the history of digital humanities, examine some case studies of digital tools and methods applied to humanities material in the context of research, and consider the implications of such projects for libraries, both in terms of providing support to their creators and in terms of collecting the results. This course considers fundamental concepts and common technologies to understand how they enable and constrain digital scholarship in the humanities, and to explore the abundant opportunities and challenges that digital projects pose for libraries. Through lectures, discussion, and hands-on use of digital tools and humanities data, students will gain familiarity with the shape and prominent features of the extensive landscape of digital humanities research, along with some of the basic skills required to navigate it. Graduate student questions may be sent to ischool-advising@illinois.edu Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign. Restricted to students in the Illinois Informatics Institute or Information Sciences department.