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DHUM - Digital Humanities Minor

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Additional Information

Program Title

Digital Humanities

Program Type

Minor

Degree Designation

Minor

Department(s)

Humanities

Program Description

Minor effective: Fall 2025

The Digital Humanities minor brings digital approaches into the study of the humanities and humanistic approaches to understanding the digital. The DH minor allows students to develop sophisticated digital skills and approaches that they can use in their own academic work at Drew and as the basis of future employment.  DH programs offer significant opportunities for students to collaborate with faculty on research and to work independently on projects.  DH courses, like the Introduction to DH, also offer opportunities for interdisciplinary work with both faculty and students collaborating across disciplines and drawing together the work of multiple disciplines in their projects.

Requisites

Requirements for the Minor (20 Credits)

Of the 20 credits needed to complete the minor, at least 12 must be intermediate or upper-level credits. 

I. Core (4 Credits)

Complete the following:

  • course - Introduction to Digital Humanities

II. Methods Course (4 Credits)

Complete one Methods course, selected from the following:

  • course – Digital Imaging

  • course - Introduction to Computer Science in Python

  • course – Geographic Information Systems

  • course - Statistical Computing in R

III. Electives (12 Credits)

Complete three courses, selected from the categories below:

Special DH Topics and Honors

  • course – Special Topics in the Digital Humanities

  • DHUM 291 – Community Based Learning in the Digital Humanities

  • course – Independent Study in the Digital Humanities

  • course – Advanced Special Topics in the Digital Humanities

  • HON410/HON411 - Specialized Honors Thesis (with a significant digital component)

Methods

  • course/course – Data & Society: The Social Impact of Data and Digital Technology

  • course - Advanced Topics in Archaeological Method and Theory, when topic is appropriate (for example, Digital Archaeology)

  • course/course – Museum Studies and Cultural Management Practicum

  • course – Digital Imaging

  • course – Digital Video

  • course – Digital Animation

  • course – Digital 3D Graphics

  • course – Digital Studio

  • course – Introduction to Computer Science in Python

  • course –Data Science: Introduction, History, and Case Studies

  • course – Data Visualization

  • course –Computational Thinking/Programming in Python

  • course – Geographic Information Systems

  • course – Advanced Geographic Information Systems

  • course – Documentary Practice

  • course – Systems and Contexts: Special Topics in Media, when topic is appropriate (for example, Audio Production)

  • course – Contemporary issues in Sociology , when topic is appropriate (for example, Digital Sociology)

  • course – Introduction to Statistics

  • course – Statistical Computing in R

Projects

  • course - Black Women in Anthropology

  • course - Advanced Topics in Archaeological Method and Theory, when topic is appropriate (for example, Digital Archaeology)

  • course/course - Museum Studies and Cultural Management Practicum

  • course/course - New York Semester on Contemporary Art

  • course - Professional Practice

  • course/course – Political Economy of War and Peace

  • course/course - Graphic Literature and the Environment

  • course/course - Blogs, Tweets, & Social Media

  • course/course - Music and the Soundscape of Film

  • course – My Word! Creative Writing / Translation

  • course – Worlds of Wonder and Terror: Children's Literature

  • course –Selected Topics in History, when topic is appropriate (for example, The First Casualty: Journalism and War in American History)

  • course – Documentary Practice

  • course – Systems and Contexts: Special Topics in Media, when topic is appropriate (for example, Audio Production)

  • course – Civic Media

  • course – Digital Marketing

  • course – Middle East Politics

  • course – Terrorism

  • course – International Human Rights

  • course – Research Seminar on the United Nations

  • course – The United Nations System and the International Community

  • course – Contemporary issues in Sociology , when topic is appropriate (for example, Digital Sociology)

  • course – Writing for Wikipedia

Theory

  • course/course – Data & Society: The Social Impact of Data and Digital Technology

  • course - Advanced Topics in Archaeological Method and Theory, when topic is appropriate (for example, Digital Archaeology)

  • course/course - Museum Studies and Cultural Management Practicum

  • course – Intermediate Special Topics in the Digital Humanities

  • course – Advanced Special Topics in the Digital Humanities

  • course/course - Blogs, Tweets, & Social Media

  • course – Documentary Practice

  • course – Civic Media

  • course – Contemporary issues in Sociology , when topic is appropriate (for example, Digital Sociology)

  • course – Writing for Wikipedia