Master
2023/2024
Social Networks
Type:
Compulsory course (Computational Linguistics)
Area of studies:
Fundamental and Applied Linguistics
Delivered by:
School of Linguistics
Where:
Faculty of Humanities
When:
2 year, 2 module
Mode of studies:
offline
Open to:
students of one campus
Instructors:
Vitaliy Pozdnyakov
Master’s programme:
Computational Linguistics
Language:
English
ECTS credits:
3
Contact hours:
32
Course Syllabus
Abstract
The course "Social Networks" introduces students to the new interdisciplinary field of research. Emerged in sociology, the theory of social networks in recent years, has attracted considerable interest of economists, mathematicians, physicists, experts in data analysis, computer engineers. Initially, researches focused on the study of social networks, i.e. sets of links connecting the social actors in accordance with their interaction. Nowadays, the study of actors’ relations includes economic, financial, transport, computer, language and many other networks. The course examines the methods of analyzing the structure of networks, model of their emergence and development, and the processes occurring in networks.