New Digital Humanities Minor Provides Pathway to Digital Research Techniques

A new undergraduate minor in digital humanities, spearheaded by the Price Lab for Digital Humanities, has been designed for students who want to augment their studies with advanced digital research techniques and in-depth engagement with theoretical and practical questions raised by digital humanities.

The minor offers a systematic program of study and training in digital research tools and methodologies. Students who successfully complete the requirements of the minor will develop the insight to be both thoughtful users of technology and sophisticated critics of digital work.

The minor draws on faculty from various departments of Penn Arts and Sciences and other Penn schools and encourages students to enroll in courses outside of their major. Students minoring in digital humanities will learn valuable programing and data management skills and explore topics such as digital text analysis, digital mapping, and 3-D modeling, as well as use digital tools for collecting, organizing, and studying material culture. Course work will also expose students to debates within digital humanities and require them to attend lectures, workshops, and other relevant events at Penn and around Philadelphia.

For an example of how our faculty and students are using digital tools, see our feature “A Virtual World for an Ancient Society.”

Courtesy of the Price Lab for Digital Humanities.