Interdisciplinary Studies and Liberal Studies

Housed in the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies and Liberal Studies, the Minor in Digital Humanities is available to students interested in studying humanities subjects by integrating digital technologies and computational methods in a variety of disciplinary fields ranging from computer science to history, engineering to literature, media studies to library science. The minor is 18-19 units and trains students in skills such as digital encoding and editing, data visualization, digital archiving, digital mapping, network analysis, text-mining and natural language processing, the use of artificial intelligence and large language model technologies, and the use of immersive technologies (augmented/virtual reality).

Students in the minor will gain hands-on experience using cutting-edge tools and methodologies in the digital humanities to study materials such as texts, archives, artifacts, and art from a variety of historical periods. In doing so, they will examine critically what it means to think as a human in the era of digital machines and their processes. With a selection of courses drawn from a variety of departments and programs, students will learn a range of quantitative, qualitative, and cultural approaches to technology-based knowledge production and will learn to apply them to humanities content and humanistic forms of inquiry. Courses in the minor will provide the students with opportunities to engage in collaborative research and acquire technical skills in demand in the 21st century workplace.

1. Required Core Companion Courses (6 units)

Select one set of core companion courses:

2. Required Technical Skills Course (3-4 units)

Select one course from:

CIT 160/L Internet Technologies (2/1)
COMP 102/L Programming for Data Applications and Lab (2/1)
COMP 110/L Introduction to Algorithms and Programming and Lab (3/1)
GEOG 206/L Introduction to Geographical Information Science and Lab (2/1)*
INDS 250 Introduction to Interdisciplinary Studies (3) (with department approval)
INDS 350 Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies (3) (with department approval)
JOUR 250 Visual Communication (3)*
SOC 202 Sociological Analysis (3)*
SOM 120 Basic Business Statistics (3)*

3. Electives (9 units)

At least 6 units must be upper division.

Select three courses from:

ART 201 Introduction to Web Art (3)
ART 301 Web Design (3)
ART 354 Advanced Digital Design Tools (3-3)
CIT 384/L Web Development and Hosting and Lab (2/1)
COMP 310 Automata, Languages and Computation (3)
COMP 484/L Web Engineering I and Lab (2/1)
COMP 485 Human-Computer Interaction (3)
COMS 354 Communication and Technology (3)
COMS 464 Digital Culture (3)
CTVA 361 Computer Fundamentals for Multimedia (3)
DH 120 Introduction to Digital Humanities (3)*
DH 480 Digital Humanities Studies and Projects (3)*
DH 481 Digital Humanities Workshop (3)
ECON 309 The Use and Interpretation of Economic Data (3)
ENGL 315 Digital Writing (3)
GEOG 206/L Introduction to Geographical Information Science and Lab (2/1)*
GEOG 305/L Maps and Graphics and Lab (2/1)
GEOG 409/L Digital Cartography and Lab (2/1)
IS 441 Database Management Systems (3)
JOUR 250 Visual Communication (3)*
LING 455 Computational Linguistics (3)
SBS 320 Social Science Research Methods (3)
SOC 202 Sociological Analysis (3)*
SOM 120 Basic Business Statistics (3)*
SOM 307 Data Analysis and Modeling for Business (3)

Some courses in the minor may have additional prerequisites beyond the required courses shown above.

*Courses with an asterisk can only be taken once.

Total Units in the Minor: 18-19