Web Science

Lågaregradsemne

Emnebeskrivelse

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
  • will learn to develop AI driven web scraping

Skills 

The student

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

Studiepoeng, omfang

10 ECTS

Studienivå (studiesyklus)

Bachelor

Undervisningssemester

Spring
Krav til forkunnskapar
INFO135 or equivalent
Tilrådde forkunnskapar
INFO180 or equivalent
Studiepoengsreduksjon
None
Krav til studierett

The course is open to students with admission to study at the UiB.

The course has 200 study places and enrolment is based on application in StudentWeb.

Students who have this course as a compulsory part of their study plan will have priority access.

The application deadline is Monday week 2.

You will receive confirmation of whether you received a seat no later than Thursday the same week as the deadline.

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 hours written exam.

    The exam assignment will be given in the language of instruction in the course.
    The exam answer must be submitted in the same language as the exam assignment.

    Karakterskala
    A-F
    Vurderingssemester

    Assessment in teaching semester.

    A retake exam is arranged for students with valid absence according to § 5-5. If there is a retake exam, this will be available for students with the follow results/absences:

    • Medical certificate/valid absence
    • Interruption during the exam
    • Fail/failed

    If you have the right to take a retake exam and a retake exam is arranged for students with valid absences, you can sign up yourself in Studentweb after January 15/August 1.

    Litteraturliste
    The reading list will be ready before 1 July 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.
    Hjelpemiddel til eksamen
    All written and printed aids are allowed.
    Programansvarleg
    The Programme Committee is responsible for the content, structure and quality of the study programme and courses.
    Administrativt ansvarleg
    The Department of Information Science and Media Studies at the Faculty of Social Sciences has the administrative responsibility for the course