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2025-2026 / HIST0094-1

Training in database development

Duration

30h Th

Number of credits

 Master in history, professional focus in digital mediation of historical knowledge5 crédits 

Lecturer

Björn-Olav Dozo, Laurent Simon

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

The course aims to teach students how to format and structure a corpus (sources, texts, objects), in order to treat it quantitatively to answer one or several questions.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

Being able to go from source to data using the following modelization operations :

  • parsing to relevant semantic units in a nomenclature
  • structuration into relationships of different informational units
  • technical implementation of the database conntaining these units
  • data export and harnessing to answer the initial question(s)

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Skills and knowledge from a bachelor's degree in social sciences and/or humanities

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Ex cathedra introductory lessons about the relevant elements (concepts, tools, languages, examples) used for the final assignment

Collective modelization of the provided material

Supervized assignment, where students, alone or in group (depending on the numbers), implement the collective modelization on a computer.

Distribution of the corpus between students

Presentation and collective discussion about each assignment

 

Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)

Face-to-face course

Course materials and recommended or required readings

Platform(s) used for course materials:
- eCampus

Continuous assessment

Work placement(s)

sans objet

Organisational remarks and main changes to the course

No change

Contacts

Laurent Simon : l.simon@uliege.be

Björn-Olav Dozo : bo.dozo@uliege.be

Association of one or more MOOCs

There is no MOOC associated with this course.