Digital Humanities and Data Studies
The Certificate in Digital Humanities and Data Studies offers an engaging, meaningful way to articulate individual interests in the humanities and social sciences with practical digital toolsets. This is a combination of skills that is particularly appealing to employers and vital to lifelong learners. Upon successful completion of the certificate, students will 1. understand how advances in computer processing led to the development of the digital humanities and data studies in fields traditionally thought of as part of the arts and sciences; 2. consider the major issues in the digital humanities and data studies today; 3. understand the theoretical and structural principles underlying digital projects. These include information design and retrieval, user design, and information structures; and 4. experience working collaboratively on real-world projects.
With a knowledge of Digital Humanities and Data Studies, students can engage in such techniques as:
- Website design and publishing
- Data curation, digitization, and archiving
- Text Analysis
- Data Mining
- Coding
- Data Visualization
- Modeling and Simulation
- Geospatial Analysis and Mapping
- Multi-media Storytelling
- Information Design
- Network Analysis
- Interface Design
- Text Mark-up
- Electronic Research, Digital Publishing
