Digital Humanities Minor
This fifteen-credit hour minor is ideal for students who wish to explore how the quantitative, computationally-engaged research methodologies of the STEM fields can enhance their understanding of central problems in the humanities.
The Digital Humanities Minor is a joint effort of the departments of History, Computer Science, Foreign Languages, Geology, and the Volpe Library.
The Digital Humanities minor can be pursued by any undergraduate student. Boiled down to its simplest definition, DH is using computer approaches to answer or demonstrate humanities questions. Designing web pages, creating interactive history maps or digital story maps, text-mining works of literature to discern trends or themes, virtual reality modeling… the applications are as limitless as your imagination.
Whether you are a humanities major also interested in computers or a STEM major also interested in history, literature, or art (and if you are a Computer Science major you are already taking 9 of the 15 required hours), a Digital Humanities minor will provide you with depth and breadth and contemporary skills in technology, communication, and more that will make you versatile in your future career.
Minor Requirements
To complete the minor in Digital Humanities, students must complete both of the following:
- DH 2030: Intro to Methods of Digital Humanities
- CSC 2220: Data Science and AI for Everyone
As well as select an additional 9 credits from the following:
- MATH 3070: Statistical Methods I
• POLS 3000: Data Analysis
• CSC 3220: Fundamentals of Data Science
• HIST 3430: Digital History
• HIST 3420: Archives Management and Research
• GEOG 4510: Theory of GIS I
• GEOG 4511: Theory of GIS II
• GEOG 4210: Cartography
• ART 2340: Computer Aided Drafting for the Artist
• PC 3750: Ethics in the Professions
Contact Us
Interested in learning more about the minor in Digital Humanities? We’d love to hear
from you!
Please contact Professor Troy Smith by phone at (931) 372-6297 or by email at tdsmith@tntech.edu.