Digital Humanities is an interdisciplinary field of study located at the intersection of humanities scholarship and computational technologies. Its key purpose is to investigate how digital methodologies can be used to enhance and transform research in the Arts and Social Sciences. It also employs traditional humanistic skills to analyse modern digital artefacts and to scrutinise contemporary digital culture.
This minor will help students develop a broad understanding of the historical, cultural, and social aspects of current digital humanities research. It thus addresses the growing demand for graduates well-versed in a combination of humanistic and digital skills and able to work in a variety of professional environments, from cultural and memory institutions, to the emerging job markets of information management and online content delivery.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
- Apply theoretical frameworks and research techniques
critically in order to understand the key issues raised by the digital humanities, and by the use of information
technologies in the arts and social sciences more generally.
- Identify and analyse relevant sources of online information
and assess their importance and reliability within the context of the student’s
disciplinary background.
- Evaluate ideas and projects to assess the impact of digital technologies on humanities research and make connections between different disciplinary approaches and methods
- Communicate and debate effectively with others, both orally and in writing, using a variety of media and communication platforms
- Understand the ethical implications of ideas, actions, and communications undertaken online.
Relevant Degrees
Requirements
This minor requires the completion of 24 units, which must consist of:
12 units from completion of the following course(s):
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| HUMN1001 | Digital Culture: Being Human in the Information Age | 6 |
| HUMN2001 | Digital Humanities: Theories and Projects | 6 |
| HUMN2002 | Gutenberg to Google: Histories of Information | 6 |
12 units from completion of the following course(s):
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| ANTH2128 | Media and Modernity | 6 |
| ANTH3015 | Introduction to Visual Anthropology | 6 |
| ARTV2018 | Cyberculture | 6 |
| HIST2237 | Digital History, Digital Heritage: the past in a digital present | 6 |
| LING2023 | Dictionaries and Dictionary-Making | 6 |
| SOCY2166 | Social Science of the Internet | 6 |
| VCUG1001 | The Art of Computing | 6 |