Minor in Digital Humanities

Catalog Year: 2023-2024

Banner Code: LA-MINOR-LA-DGH

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Minor Requirements 

Total credits: 16

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Required Courses

HIST 390 The Digital Past (Mason Core) 3
CHSS 405 Digital Humanities Project 1
Total Credits 4

Electives

Students will take at least two courses from the methods list and at least one course from the topics list. A total of 12 credits of electives is required. 12
Methods
Select at least two courses from the following:
Media Theory
Introduction to Documentary (Mason Core)
Web Authoring and Design
Rhetoric and New Media
Digital Futures
Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences (Mason Core)
Big Data, Technology, and Society
Other courses as approved by the minor director
Topics
Select at least one course from the following:
Digital Creative Writing
RS: Topics in Literary Research (Mason Core)
Topics in Digital History
Other courses as approved by the minor director
Total Credits 12