Digital Humanities and Artificial Intelligence
Learn new ways to analyse and study cultures and languages and provides insight into how digital methods and artificial intelligence (AI) are changing our personal lives and societies in the minor Digital Humanities and Artificial Intelligence.
The programme provides an introduction to the critical application of computational methods and thinking in a wide range of humanities and social science subjects including linguistics, literature, history, the arts, religious studies, and media and area studies.
You can choose between two tracks:
- Digital Humanities track: This track offers a diverse Digital Humanities toolset, including advanced information visualization skills, corpus linguistics, introduction to programming, and digital world building.
- Artificial Intelligence track: This track offers a deep dive into the theories and advanced methods, including statistics and machine learning, needed to work with and understand the AI revolution and how it impacts our cultures and societies at large.
Courses and prospectus
| Course | EC |
|---|---|
| Statistics for the Humanities | 5 |
| Digital Media, Culture and Society | 5 |
| Digital Storytelling for the Humanities | 5 |
| Digital Text and Data Analysis | 5 |
| AI & The Humanities | 5 |
A series of five core courses provide theoretical discussions of digital media and data as well as hand’s on experience of a range of useful tools, such as Python, text analysis, visualization, database creation, formal modelling, Wordpress, html and css, and more. Students will develop analytical, communication, and project management skills that have broad applicability and relevance for their future studies and careers. The minor includes a sixth, ‘Capstone’ course (Special Topics in Digital Humanities), in which students design and run a Digital Humanities project related to their own interests under the close supervision of a staff member.
You can find additional information on this minor in the Prospectus.
Please note: the prospectus and course descriptions are subject to change.
Admission and application
Students can apply for this minor from 19 May at 13.00 via EduXchange. The deadline for application is 30 June.