About
The skills learned in The Graduate Certificate in Digital Humanities will enhance student research and make them more well-rounded candidates for both traditional and non-traditional academic careers.
People
Co-Directors: Ángeles Picone, Assistant Professor of History / Melanie Hubbard, BC Libraries Head of Digital Scholarship and Data Services
Team: Antonio LoPiano, Digital Humanities Program Specialist / Ashlyn Stewart, Digital Scholarship Specialist / Dave Thomas, Digital Scholarship Specialist
A joint effort of the History and English Departments and BC Libraries, certificate program is open to graduate students in Morrisey College’s Classical Studies, English, History, Economics, Political Science, Philosophy, Psychology, Sociology, and Theology programs. Admission is given with approval from their graduate advisors.
Why participate in the program?
Digital Humanities is fundamentally about leveraging digital tools to ask and answer research questions that are otherwise inaccessible. Approaches such as distant reading and visual analysis expand the range of possible inquiry. By bringing a humanistic lens to these technologies, scholars are able to critically apply them to their research and draw out novel insights from their subjects.
Program Outcomes
Students who participate in the program will:
- Understand the growing scholarly field of Digital Humanities through a critical examination of its methodologies and trends.
- Identify the most relevant methods and technologies for their research, be it traditional and/or in the form of digital projects.
- Develop advanced skills with the guidance of experts in their selected DH approach(es).
- Gain competencies in data, metadata, and digital infrastructure.
- Build projects for online portfolios that demonstrate technical and research abilities.
Curriculum
To earn the certificate, students must take three courses:
- HIST/ENGL 7888 Graduate Colloquium: Introduction to Digital Humanities
- One relevant elective course within the home department
- HIST/ENGL 8275 Digital Humanities Capstone
We highly recommend that students take the introduction course first, then an elective, and then the capstone. In this order, students develop skills in the DH Introduction course that they carry into and develop further in their elective course. During the capstone, they apply their new knowledge and skills to a research project that demonstrates their abilities as digital humanities scholars.