Digital Humanities

This course, designed for students who have completed a foundational computing course as well as an introduction to the humanities, explores various techniques of digital humanities. Topics considered within the humanities are vast and thus, this course can be offered thematically. Students might, for example, develop digitized topographical maps to better understand historical battles (history lens), migration patterns (sociology lens), or artistic works (fine arts lens). Content covered in this course may include:

  • Text mining and analysis, including via natural language processing
  • Social network analysis
  • Working with digital archives
  • Digital mapping
  • Audio, image, and video analysis
  • New media studies, including software studies
  • Ethical issues in the digital humanities
Reimagining CS Pathways: High School and Beyond