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Digital Methods in the Humanities, Minor

2022-2023 Edition

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The Minor in Digital Methods in the Humanities introduces fundamental computational and digital methods for research in the humanistic disciplines and for assessing the impact of digital methods on the production of knowledge. Foundational courses provide practice  in programming, textual encoding, data mining, and information visualization. Additional coursework highlights the historical and social contexts and the ethical questions associated with digital methods of producing, consuming, and analyzing culture and cultural artifacts. Students completing this minor will be well equipped for advanced study in the digital humanities and for employment in fields across the humanities.

Complete all courses listed below unless otherwise indicated. Also complete any corequisite labs, recitations, clinicals, or tools courses where specified. 

Required Courses 

Course List
Code Title Hours
Complete two courses from each group and an additional course from either group.20
Digital and Computational Methods
COMM 2105
Social Networks
ENGL 1450
Reading and Writing in the Digital Age
ENGL 3340
Technologies of Text
INSH 1500
Digital Methods for Social Sciences and Humanities
or CS 2500
Fundamentals of Computer Science 1
INSH 2102
Bostonography: The City through Data, Texts, Maps, and Networks
JRNL 3610
Digital Storytelling and Social Media
PHIL 2001
Ethics and Evolutionary Games
Culture, Society, and Value in the Digital Age
CLTR 3418
Nationalism
COMM 1255
Communication in a Digital Age
CY 5240
Cyberlaw: Privacy, Ethics, and Digital Rights
ENGL 2850
Writing for Social Media: Theory and Practice
ENGL 3340
Technologies of Text
MSCR 3420
Digital Media Culture
PHIL 1145
Technology and Human Values
SOCL 1280
The Twenty-First-Century Workplace
SOCL 4528
Computers and Society
WMNS 2505
Digital Feminisms

GPA Requirement

2.000 GPA required in the minor

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