Emner: INFO215 Web Science - Høst 2022

Studiepoeng, omfang

10 ECTS

Studienivå (studiesyklus)

Bachelor

Undervisningsspråk

English

Undervisningssemester

Spring

Mål og innhald

The course offers (1) an introduction to the basic concepts of the social web, (2) the basic principles of networks and how to measure them and (3) will teach students about cutting edge methods and technology for obtaining and analyzing web data.

Læringsutbyte

A student who has completed the course should have the following learning outcomes:

Knowledge

The student

will have extensive knowledge and understanding about the Web and networks in general
will be able to crawl and analyze Web data from a content and network perspective
will have a good understanding of web science as a research discipline
will learn about how to use tools such as Python and NetworkX to analyze and visualize Web data

Skills

The student

is able to employ web science methods for obtaining and analyzing Web data

Krav til forkunnskapar

INFO104 or equivalent

Tilrådde forkunnskapar

INFO180 or equivalent

Studiepoengsreduksjon

Krav til studierett

The course is open to students with admission to study at the UiB. The course has 200 study places. Students who have this course as a compulsory part of their study plan will have priority access.

Arbeids- og undervisningsformer

Lectures, computer labs, assignments, programming exercises, normally 2 hours lectures and 2 hours computer labs for 14 weeks.

Obligatorisk undervisningsaktivitet

Compulsory assignments that are delivered throughout the semester
Compulsory participation: attendance in labs (at least 75 %)

Approved compulsory requirements are valid for the two following semesters.

Vurderingsformer

4 hour written examination

Karakterskala

A-F

Vurderingssemester

Assessment in teaching semester. Only students who have a https://www.uib.no/en/student/118764/absence-examvalid document of absence will be entitled to take a new written exam the following semester

Litteraturliste

The reading list will be ready before 1 June for the autumn semester and 1 December for the spring semester.

Emneevaluering

All courses are evaluated according to UiB's system for quality assurance of education.

Programansvarleg

The Programme Committee is responsible for the content, structure and quality of the study programme and courses.

Emneansvarleg

Course coordinator and administrative contact person can be found on Mitt UiB.

Administrativt ansvarleg

The Department of Information Science and Media Studies at the Faculty of Social Sciences has the administrative responsibility for the course

Kontaktinformasjon

studieveileder@ifi.uib.no