You’ll enjoy the Abbey’s Digital Humanities Minor if you:
- Enjoy working with original sources important to the study of history, literature, theology, or philosophy
- Interested in developing skills in web design, programming, and data visualization
- Desire to contribute to collaborative research in exciting new fields
- The Digital Humanities minor expands the core strengths of the humanities by integrating digital methods to approach history, literature, philosophy, theology, theatre, and art in innovative ways, and to reach broad audiences beyond the classroom
With a Digital Humanities from Belmont Abbey College, students will be better prepared to enter a broad variety of career areas such as
- web design & publishing
- computer programming
- audio & video production
- database & information management
- journalism
The Abbey Difference:
The Digital Humanities minor expands the core strengths of the humanities by integrating digital methods to approach history, literature, philosophy, theology, theatre, and art in innovative ways, and to reach broad audiences beyond the classroom. Some of those potential digital methodologies include: web design and publishing, computer programming, audio and video production, database and information management, geospatial analysis, crowd-sourcing, source digitization, computational textual analysis, and network analysis. In learning about these methods, students will take courses in the humanities, computer science, and/or in digital media studies. The capstone of the minor is a practicum involving the design and implementation of an individual Digital Humanities project.
Program Requirements:
The undergraduate minor requires completion of 18 credit hours.
Required Courses:
- DH 301: Introduction to Digital Humanities (3)
- DH 415: Digital Humanities Practicum (3)
Computer Science & Digital Media Courses:
Students must complete 6 hours of courses in Computer Science or related courses with a grade of “C” or better. Such courses could come from the list below, and other related courses will also be considered:
- CS 120: Creating Web Sites (3)
- CS 201: Introduction to Programming (3)
- CS 220: Introduction to Information Systems (3)
- CS 243: Web Site Development (3)
- DH 400: Methods in the Digital Humanities (3)
- SM 335: Social Media in Sport (3)
Digital Humanities Courses:
Students must complete 6 hours of courses with a grade of “C” or better from the following list of Humanities courses with an approved Digital Humanities designation. Such courses could come from the list below, and other related courses will also be considered:
- EN 199: Newspaper Production (1)
- HI 201: U.S History to 1865 (3)
- HI 202: U.S. History since 1865 (3)
- HI 333: World War II (3)
- HI 385: Cold War (3)
- HI 403: Civil Rights Movement (3)
- HI 413: Nation of Nations (3)
It is the student’s responsibility to see that all degree requirements for graduation are fulfilled.
Faculty
Dr. Daniel Hutchinson
Associate Professor of History, Chair of the History Department
B.A. – History, Belmont Abbey College
M.A. – History, University of Alabama-Birmingham
PhD. – American History, Florida State University