Digital Humanities Specialization, BA

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Digital humanities is a rapidly growing, interdisciplinary field that incorporates new tools and methodologies for pursuing modes of inquiry and producing forms of scholarship and engagement in the humanities. It seeks to apply humanistic reasoning and research to important questions related to technology, such as social sustainability, big data, and privacy. Work in digital humanities includes public humanities, data mining/visualization, web design, textual analysis, educational technology, and ethics and technology. The specialization in digital humanities is open to all students majoring in creative writing, English, fine arts, history, and modern languages. It requires a set curriculum of interdisciplinary courses as well as a final capstone project: HUM 405 Digital Humanities Praxis .

Curriculum

Core Courses (12 Credits)

DMI 201 - Social Media Informatics 3 Credit(s)
CSCI 131 - Introduction to Programming in Python 3 Credit(s)
COMS 266 - Basic Web Design 3 Credit(s)
HUM 405 - Digital Humanities Praxis 3 Credit(s)

Elective Courses (9 credits)

COMS 213 - Visual Literacy 3 Credit(s)
COMS 260 - Video Production I 3 Credit(s)
COMS 262 - Digital Photography 3 Credit(s)
COMS 264 - Layout and Design 3 Credit(s)
COMS 364 - Advanced Digital and Web Design 3 Credit(s)
COMS 368 - Interactive Media 3 Credit(s)
CSCI 125 - Animation and Virtual Worlds With Alice 3 Credit(s)
CSCI 175 - Introduction to Game Design 3 Credit(s)
CSCI 257 - Object-Oriented Programming 4 Credit(s)
CSCI 311 - Mobile App Development 3 Credit(s)
CSCI 371 - Computer Graphics 3 Credit(s)
CSCI 375 - Game Design and Programming 3 Credit(s)
ENVR 261 - Geographic Information Systems 4 Credit(s)
ENVR 361 - Advanced Geographic Information Systems 3 Credit(s)

Please Note:

The program of study that appears here applies to students who were admitted for the summer session of this catalog year and later. Students admitted prior to that term should select the appropriate catalog year of their admission. Choose previous catalogs from the Home, Graduate, or Undergraduate Catalog Page at http://Catalog.widener.edu.