Academic Programs
Academic Programs
Academic Programs
Rowan's academic program in Digital Humanities offers a range of courses with lots of hands-on, experiential learning opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students. Graduate students who complete a DH seminar, internship, and capstone digital project can earn a Certificate of Graduate Study (COGS) in Digital Humanities.Course Offerings for Undergraduate Students
Digital History (HIST 05399)
This course teaches students how to use digital tools to better understand, interpret, and communicate about the past. Combining scholarship and practice, the course prepares students to become both discerning users of online historical material and innovative creators of new digital history work. Students will gain firsthand experience using digital tools and build practical skills through collaborative in-class exercises related to mapping, data visualization, digital exhibit curation, web publishing, metadata creation, and audio and transcription editing. They will also gain digital public history skills by practicing writing for broad audiences and presenting complex information in accessible ways.
Digital Public History (HIST 05392)
In this course, students will learn how to apply digital technology to the field of public history by creating collaborative history projects on the web and in other digital formats. With a focus on collaboration and community engagement, students will learn new digital skills and work on presenting the past for-and with-publics beyond the university. Students will gain firsthand experience using digital tools and build practical skills through collaborative in-class exercises related to digital exhibit curation, crowdsourcing, web publishing, crowdsourcing, interviewing, and community engagement.
Oral History in the Digital Age (HIST 55396)
In this course (Oral History in the Digital Age), students gain methodological training in oral history and learn how to plan, conduct, edit, and share oral history interviews using digital technology. With a focus on collaboration and community engagement, students will learn new digital skills and work on presenting the past for-and with-publics beyond the university. Students will gain firsthand experience conducting interviews and build practical skills through collaborative in-class exercises related to web publishing, audio and video editing, podcasting, digital preservation, and community engagement. Through readings and class discussions, they will learn about the history of oral history and its impact on current historiography and public history practice.
Topics in Literature: Digital Humanities (ENGL 02123)
This course assists students in developing digital literacy and teaches them to apply that literacy to traditional questions in literary studies and the humanities.
Certificate of Graduate Study (COGS) in Digital Humanities
The Certificate of Graduate Study (COGS) in Digital Humanities offers graduate-level training in the use of digital technology to investigate, analyze, and communicate about important humanities questions. The certificate emphasizes professional development and experiential learning for MA students from a range of disciplines. After completing the foundational graduate course, students will gain firsthand experience working on a digital humanities project through an internship at the Center for Digital Humanities Research or another internship approved by the coordinator. Finally, students will carry out their own independent digital humanities capstone project under the guidance of a faculty member. Students are encouraged to work on projects that intersect with their other graduate course material. The DHUM COGS is 9 semester hours. Learn more about the three required courses below. If you have questions or would like to enroll, contact Dr. Jessica Mack (mackjr@rowan.edu).
Course Offerings for Graduate Students / COGS in DHUM
Digital Humanities Debates & Methods (DHUM 52500)
This interdisciplinary graduate course provides students with a fundamental understanding of how to use digital technology to explore humanistic questions. The course combines the study of digital humanities scholarship with experiential learning in digital project development. Integrating digital methods from history, literary studies, and other disciplines, the course will prepare students to become discerning users of digital content and innovative creators of their own digital projects.
Digital Humanities Internship (DHUM 52525)
This course provides experiential learning opportunities for graduate students enrolled in the Certificate of Graduate Study (COGS) in the Digital Humanities. Students will be supervised through a semester-long internship at the Center for Digital Humanities Research or another approved site. Students will meet regularly with their instructor and internship cohort, complete readings on digital humanities practice and project management, and deliver reports and presentations about their internship goals and accomplishments.
Digital Humanities Capstone (DHUM 52550)
This interdisciplinary graduate course provides students with a fundamental understanding of how to use digital technology to explore humanistic questions. The course combines the study of digital humanities scholarship with experiential learning in digital project development. Integrating digital methods from history, literary studies, and other disciplines, the course will prepare students to become discerning users of digital content and innovative creators of their own digital projects.
