Studying at the University of Verona

Here you can find information on the organisational aspects of the Programme, lecture timetables, learning activities and useful contact details for your time at the University, from enrolment to graduation.

Study Plan

A.A. 2018/2019 A.A. 2017/2018 A.A. 2016/2017 A.A. 2015/2016 A.A. 2014/2015 A.A. 2013/2014 A.A. 2012/2013 A.A. 2011/2012 A.A. 2010/2011 A.A. 2009/2010 A.A. 2008/2009

The Study Plan includes all modules, teaching and learning activities that each student will need to undertake during their time at the University.
Please select your Study Plan based on your enrollment year.

1° Year

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
1st foreign language
9
A
L-LIN/12
9
A
L-LIN/04
9
A
L-LIN/14
9
A
L-LIN/21
9
A
L-LIN/07
2nd foreign literature
9
A
L-LIN/12
9
A
L-LIN/04
9
A
L-LIN/14
9
A
L-LIN/21
9
A
L-LIN/07
1st foreign literature
9
B
L-LIN/10
9
B
L-LIN/03
9
B
L-LIN/13
9
B
L-LIN/21
9
B
L-LIN/05
2nd foreign literature
9
B
L-LIN/10
9
B
L-LIN/03
9
B
L-LIN/13
9
B
L-LIN/21
9
B
L-LIN/05
6
A
L-FIL-LET/10
6
C
L-ART/02
3
F
-
3rd foreign language
3
F
-

2° Year  activated in the A.Y. 2019/2020

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
1st foreign language
9
B
L-LIN/12
9
B
L-LIN/04
9
B
L-LIN/14
9
B
L-LIN/21
9
B
L-LIN/07
2nd foreign language
9
B
L-LIN/12
9
B
L-LIN/04
9
B
L-LIN/14
9
B
L-LIN/21
9
B
L-LIN/07
1st foreign literature
9
B
L-LIN/10
9
B
L-LIN/03
9
B
L-LIN/13
9
B
L-LIN/21
9
B
L-LIN/05
2nd foreign literature
9
B
L-LIN/10
9
B
L-LIN/03
9
B
L-LIN/13
9
B
L-LIN/21
9
B
L-LIN/05
9
C
M-STO/08
6
C
L-ART/02
1 module to be chosen among the following
6
A
M-GGR/01
6
A
M-STO/04
6
A
SPS/08

3° Year  activated in the A.Y. 2020/2021

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
1st foreign language
9
B
L-LIN/12
9
B
L-LIN/04
9
B
L-LIN/14
9
B
L-LIN/21
9
B
L-LIN/07
2nd foreign language
9
B
L-LIN/12
9
B
L-LIN/04
9
B
L-LIN/14
9
B
L-LIN/21
9
B
L-LIN/07
Philology of the 1st or 2nd language
6
B
L-FIL-LET/15
6
B
L-FIL-LET/09
6
B
L-LIN/21
1 module to be chosen among the following
6
C
M-STO/08
6
C
IUS/10
6
C
INF/01
9
A
L-FIL-LET/13
Training
6
F
-
Final exam
6
E
-
ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
1st foreign language
9
A
L-LIN/12
9
A
L-LIN/04
9
A
L-LIN/14
9
A
L-LIN/21
9
A
L-LIN/07
2nd foreign literature
9
A
L-LIN/12
9
A
L-LIN/04
9
A
L-LIN/14
9
A
L-LIN/21
9
A
L-LIN/07
1st foreign literature
9
B
L-LIN/10
9
B
L-LIN/03
9
B
L-LIN/13
9
B
L-LIN/21
9
B
L-LIN/05
2nd foreign literature
9
B
L-LIN/10
9
B
L-LIN/03
9
B
L-LIN/13
9
B
L-LIN/21
9
B
L-LIN/05
6
A
L-FIL-LET/10
6
C
L-ART/02
3
F
-
3rd foreign language
3
F
-
activated in the A.Y. 2019/2020
ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
1st foreign language
9
B
L-LIN/12
9
B
L-LIN/04
9
B
L-LIN/14
9
B
L-LIN/21
9
B
L-LIN/07
2nd foreign language
9
B
L-LIN/12
9
B
L-LIN/04
9
B
L-LIN/14
9
B
L-LIN/21
9
B
L-LIN/07
1st foreign literature
9
B
L-LIN/10
9
B
L-LIN/03
9
B
L-LIN/13
9
B
L-LIN/21
9
B
L-LIN/05
2nd foreign literature
9
B
L-LIN/10
9
B
L-LIN/03
9
B
L-LIN/13
9
B
L-LIN/21
9
B
L-LIN/05
9
C
M-STO/08
6
C
L-ART/02
1 module to be chosen among the following
6
A
M-GGR/01
6
A
M-STO/04
6
A
SPS/08
activated in the A.Y. 2020/2021
ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
1st foreign language
9
B
L-LIN/12
9
B
L-LIN/04
9
B
L-LIN/14
9
B
L-LIN/21
9
B
L-LIN/07
2nd foreign language
9
B
L-LIN/12
9
B
L-LIN/04
9
B
L-LIN/14
9
B
L-LIN/21
9
B
L-LIN/07
Philology of the 1st or 2nd language
6
B
L-FIL-LET/15
6
B
L-FIL-LET/09
6
B
L-LIN/21
1 module to be chosen among the following
6
C
M-STO/08
6
C
IUS/10
6
C
INF/01
9
A
L-FIL-LET/13
Training
6
F
-
Final exam
6
E
-
Modules Credits TAF SSD
Between the years: 1°- 2°- 3°
12
D
-

Legend | Type of training activity (TTA)

TAF (Type of Educational Activity) All courses and activities are classified into different types of educational activities, indicated by a letter.

A Basic activities
B Characterizing activities
C Related or complementary activities
D Activities to be chosen by the student
E Final examination
F Other training activities
S Placements in companies, public or private institutions and professional associations

Digital Humanities  (2020/2021)

Teaching code

4S02248

Teacher

Marco Rospocher

Coordinator

Marco Rospocher

Credits

6

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

INF/01 - INFORMATICS

Period

I semestre (Lingue e letterature straniere) dal Sep 28, 2020 al Jan 9, 2021.

Lessons timetable MoodleMoodle Seminars 0

Learning outcomes

This course aims to provide a rationale and technical skills in various fields of digital textuality. It presents theoretical framework and methods of Digital humanities with an international perspective. This course is divided into two main parts. The first is dedicated to the creation of a digital scholarly edition and its different phases. The second is focused on methodologies and tools for the computational analysis of literary texts.

Program

The course will be given ONLINE only, in live streaming. Video-recordings of the lectures will be provided on the University e-Learning platform (Moodle).

Introduction to Digital Humanities
Introduction to Computer Science: Information Theory, Algorithms and Languages, Computer architecture
Internet & Web
Web page creation: HTML & CSS
XML Metalanguage
Digital Humanities and Philology: Digital Scholarly Edition [Dr. Anna Cappellotto]
TEI and text encoding
OCR: Optical Character Recognition [Dr. Stefano Bazzaco]
RegEx: Regular Expressions and their usage
Natural Language Processing
Distant reading: Introduction and usage of Voyant
Sentiment Analysis for Distant Reading [Dr. Simone Rebora]
Stylometry [Dr. Simone Rebora]

Materials and resources will be given out during the course to support the lessons, and will be uploaded on the course's Moodle page.
In addition to the suggested textbook, the following resources are recommended as supplementary materials:

- Topic: Digital Humanities and Philology: Digital Scholarly Edition

Patrick Sahle, “What is a Scholarly Digital Edition?”, in E. Pierazzo & M. Driscoll (eds), Digital Scholarly Editing: Theories and Practices, Open Book Publishers 2016, pp. 19-40
URL: https://www.openbookpublishers.com/htmlreader/978-1-78374-238-7/ch2.xhtml

- Topic: TEI and text encoding

Open access video course "Digital Scholarly Editions" on the #dariahTeach teaching and training platform
URL: https://teach.dariah.eu/course/view.php?id=32

- Topic: OCR: Optical Character Recognition

David A. Smith, Ryan Cordell, A Research Agenda for Historical and Multilingual Optical Character Recognition, NULab – Northeastern University, 2018
URL: https://repository.library.northeastern.edu/downloads/neu:m043p093w?datastream_id=content

- Topic: Topic modelling & Stylometry

Fabio Ciotti. 2017. “Modelli e metodi computazionali per la critica letteraria: lo stato dell’arte.” In B. Alfonzetti, T. Cancro, V. Di Iasio, E. Pietrobon (a cura di). L’Italianistica oggi: ricerca e didattica. Roma: Adi editore, pp. 1-11.
URL: http://www.italianisti.it/upload/userfiles/files/Ciotti.pdf


For those interested in further exploring the topics of the course:

INFORMATICA UMANISTICA 2/ED
Marco Lazzari
McGraw-Hill, 2014
ISBN: 9788838668555
https://univr.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma990003784900205791&context=L&vid=39UVR_INST:39UVR_VU1&search_scope=Aleph_SP&tab=Aleph_slot&lang=it

Reference texts
Author Title Publishing house Year ISBN Notes
Francesca Tomasi Metodologie informatiche e discipline umanistiche (Edizione 1) Carocci 2008 9788843043033

Examination Methods

Attendance and student contribution to class is strongly encouraged.
There is no difference in the program, materials and examination between attending and non-attending students

The exam will be written, consisting mainly of multiple choice questions (with at most one / two open-ended questions). It is administered in computerised form (in a computer-equipped room or online). The online mode is however guaranteed for all students who request it in the 2020/21 academic year.

Students with disabilities or specific learning disorders (SLD), who intend to request the adaptation of the exam, must follow the instructions given HERE