About this Program

• Benefit from an interdisciplinary education that explores digital technologies, methods and approaches with larger questions of what it means to be human in the world today.
• Combine an understanding of digital technologies with a range of majors such as English and textual studies, writing and rhetoric or history.
• Receive guidance from an academic advisor who will help you select the best major pairing based on your unique interests.
• Understand technology in relation to its history and development, as well as how technology is reshaping culture—from politics to video games to digital identity.
• Gain technical skills relevant to the humanities, including web design, video editing and computer programming.
• Complete a senior capstone project on a topic of your choosing that explores how digital technologies impact our lives and understanding of the world.
• Prepare for a wide range of careers by mastering the skills of the humanities (reading, writing and critical thinking) with special attention to computers and technology.

B.A. in Digital Humanities (ILM)

The digital humanities integrated learning major combines the traditional strengths of the humanities with attention to digital and information technology. It enables students to extend their study of the humanities to digital culture, as both a tool in service of the humanities and an object of humanistic study. Study in the ILM will apply the traditional skills of the humanities (contextualization, historicization, critical and rhetorical thinking) to understand digital culture while also learning how digital technologies can enable us to explore key questions in the humanities.

The digital humanities major is an “integrated learning major” (or ILM). An ILM is interdisciplinary in nature, requires fewer hours than a traditional, stand-alone major, and must be paired with another major. This structure allows students to engage in interdisciplinary study without sacrificing the sustained focus and expertise that is typical of a traditional major. The digital humanities ILM is open as a second major to students in the college of Arts & Sciences who already have an A&S major. It consists of three core classes, a technical skills requirement, two electives, and a capstone.