The Digital Humanities Graduate Certificate听welcomes students from all disciplines,听including the humanities and arts, social sciences, natural sciences, computational and mathematical sciences, engineering, and communication, media, and information science. The听certificate prepares students to:听

  • create, utilize, and evaluate digital methods and tools for research
  • integrate them into their teaching
  • assess the diverse impacts of technologies on people and society
  • leverage digital technologies for public outreach and engagement听

Through an interdisciplinary curriculum, the certificate provides graduate students from across campus the opportunity to explore听the evolution and variety of Digital Humanities theories and practices and to study approaches in the field in-depth. Moreover, the certificate is intended to stimulate collaborations among graduate students in a range听of fields, thus preparing them for work in a team-based environment.

Certificate Requirements

The certificate consists of course requirements only, nine听credit hours at the graduate level with an average GPA of 3.0 (B) or better:

1. Three credit hours in the following core course, which is designed to provide the theoretical and practical foundations for research directions in the Digital Humanities:

2. Two additional courses听selected from the approved course list:听Elective Courses List

Procedures

All graduate students in good standing at 兔子先生传媒文化作品 may apply to earn a Graduate Certificate in Digital Humanities. First, once a student knows they would like to complete the certificate, they must contact the Certificate Director, who submits their official declaration to participate in the program to the Registrar's Office. Next, once the student has completed the certificate requirements, they should fill out the Certificate Completion Worksheet听and submit听it per the instructions given on the form. The Worksheet may be submitted any time after the Registrar鈥檚 Office has approved the student鈥檚 certificate declaration, they have completed the certificate requirements, and their grades for all courses counting towards the certificate are officially posted. Finally, once the Certificate Director has approved the worksheet, the Registrar's Office will add the certificate to the student's official record.听Dates for when completion notifications are due and certificates post are on the Registrar's certificates page.

Certificate Forms and Links

For more information, please consult our or contact听Thea Lindquist, Digital Humanities Graduate Certificate Director / Executive Director,听Center for Research Data & Digital Scholarship.

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