Digital Humanities Minor
Digital Humanities is the use of computing and digital tools to study the humanities, and it is also the application of humanities research methods to digital technologies.
Program Overview
The Digital Humanities (DH) interdisciplinary program offers students the opportunity to enhance their skills in humanities, liberal arts, and social sciences by incorporating digital technology.
Students learn how to engage critically with digital media and explore current issues such as AI and ethics, digital storytelling and gaming, social media analysis, and beyond by balancing scientific and computational methods with humanities practices such as analysis, critical thinking, and artistic creation.
Students with degrees in DH will gain a wide variety of skills and perspectives that will improve their chances for graduate study and post-graduate employment.
Graduate Certificate Requirements
Why Study Digital Humanities?
The Digital Humanities program was created in response to a world increasingly shaped and controlled by technology and the digital. DH gives students the opportunity to study from an interdisciplinary perspective and learn digital methodologies and technologies that apply to their work in the humanities (and social sciences). Such skills – like building a digital archive, doing digital / multimodal storytelling, and learning markup languages – are transferrable skills that will help students when they reach the job market. We are also launching an internship program with four local partners, both on and off campus, that is geared towards digital humanities students.
What Can You Do with an Minor in Digital Humanities After Graduation?
Graduates with a digital humanities degree are well prepared for a growing number of careers in industry, nonprofit, and educational sectors that welcome digital skills alongside the communication and critical thinking abilities that have long been valued in humanities students. Some DH career paths include jobs in libraries, museums, galleries, social media management, digital content development, data analysis, web design, digital journalism, project management, and beyond. DH students also pursue graduate study in the humanities, communication studies, and information sciences.
Featured Courses
DH 200 Introduction to Digital Humanities
Introduction to debates and tools within digital humanities.
ENGL 595 Digital Humanities
Overview of the theory and methodologies of digital humanities.
Complementary Majors, Minors, and Certificates
Looking to enhance your degree? Consider these programs as a complement to your primary major.
News
- Digital Humanities Summer Institute (DHSI) 2026 – Call for Applications
- Call for Proposals: Digital Project Cultivator (DPC) 2025-26
- Fellowship Taking Professor to Japan for Research
Forms
Digital Humanities Portfolio Rubric
Digital Humanities Instructor Agreement
Declare a Minor in Digital Humanities
Digital Humanities Graduate Certificate Interest Form
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