About the Program

What happens when you bring modern technology to the study of human culture? The Digital Humanities program invites you to find out. This minor is for students from any major who want to apply computational tools to classic questions in the humanities. You’ll learn to critically and creatively use technology to uncover new insights about history, art, and literature. You will develop valuable skills for research and scholarly communication, preparing you to better understand and shape our increasingly digital world.

What You’ll Study

The Digital Humanities minor provides a structured yet flexible path to integrate technology with your humanities interests. Over the course of your studies, you will focus on:

• A core curriculum with specialization options in three different areas: 

  • Spatial Humanities

  • Quantitative Textual Analysis

  • Text Technologies

• Practical, in-demand skills in computational methods. You will have the opportunity to gain experience with techniques like data visualization, text analysis, network analysis, and data analysis.

• Interdisciplinary exploration through a wide range of electives from different departments, allowing you to design the minor around your personal intellectual interests.