20-21 Graduate Catalog

Graduate Certificate in Digital Humanities

Certificate Overview

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Thomas Edison State University recognizes the need for professionals to have a complex understanding of how human beings use digital means to interact and participate in an increasingly networked society. Digital Humanities as an area of study for the Master of Arts in Liberal Studies degree program will provide students with an opportunity to creatively apply knowledge gained from exploring the question of what it means to be a human being in a networked society. Students who complete a Graduate Certificate in Digital Humanities will be prepared to confidently engage in the vast range of digital contexts for synthesizing and generating content for new media, from social media technologies to data visualization tools.

Credit Distribution

The Graduate Certificate in Digital Humanities requires:

DHM-510Introduction to Digital Humanities

3

DHM-610Digital Communication

3

DHM-620Social Media and Social Change

3

DHM-710Mapping Time, Space, and Identity

3

Total Credit Hours: 12