The graduate Certificate in Public Digital Humanities requires 12 s.h. of coursework. Students must maintain a Graduate College major program grade-point average of at least 3.00 for the certificate.
The Certificate in Public Digital Humanities requires the following coursework.
Required Course
| Course # | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| This course: | ||
| CLAS:7290 | Digital Humanities Theory and Practice | 3 |
Electives
Students choose elective coursework to suit their disciplinary or technical needs. Since electives are updated every semester, students can view a full list of available elective courses as well as access an elective course petition form; visit Public Digital Humanities Certificate on the University of Iowa Libraries website.
| Course # | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| 6 s.h. from these: | ||
| AFAM:6500/AMST:6500/ENGL:6050 | Critical Readings in Cultural Studies: Stuart Hall's Legacy and Influences | 3 |
| AMST:3078/GWSS:3078/MUSM:3078/SPST:3078 | Archiving Women's History | 3 |
| AMST:3600/AFAM:3600 | Digitizing Blackness | 3 |
| AMST:5000 | Interdisciplinary Research in American Cultures | 3 |
| ARTH:3000 | Digital Approaches to the Study of Art | 3 |
| CINE:4620 | Topics in Film Form, Style, and Theory (when topic is film adaptation) | 3 |
| CLSL:6014 | Later Empire (when topic is digital text analysis) | arr. |
| COMM:6336 | Seminar in Rhetorical Theory (when topic is critical approaches to digital culture) | 1-4 |
| ENGL:3182 | Digital Cultures and Literacies | 3 |
| ENGL:6080 | New Media Poetics | 3 |
| GRAD:6510 | Introduction to Programming | 1 |
| GRAD:6521 | Scholarly Communication and Journal Publishing | 1 |
| GRAD:6522 | Digital Exhibits: Effective Design and Development | 1 |
| GRAD:6530 | Open Source Web Mapping for Beginners | 1 |
| GRAD:6535 | Data Visualization and Mapping | 1 |
| GRAD:6545 | Introduction to Podcasting | 1 |
| GWSS:3050 | Topics in Gender, Women's, and Sexuality Studies (when topic is race, gender, and sexuality in the digital humanities) | 1,3 |
| HIST:6002 | Introduction to Graduate Studies in History: Historiography and Methods (when topic is digital related) | 3 |
| IGPI:4580/DATA:4580/STAT:4580 | Data Visualization and Data Technologies | 3 |
| JMC:3122 | Influencers, Artificial Intelligence, and Digital Games | 3 |
| JMC:3425 | Personal Branding | 3-4 |
| JMC:3640 | Information and Data Visualization | 3-4 |
| JMC:6333 | Seminar in Media Communication (when topic is critical media studies or digital cultures or global digital media) | 3 |
| RHET:7500 | Science Communication in the Digital Age | 2-3 |
| SEES:3540/IGPI:3540 | Geographic Visualization | 3 |
| SEES:4150/GHS:4150/IGPI:4150 | Health and Environment: GIS Applications | 3 |
| SLIS:6140/IGPI:6140 | Academic User Services and Technology | 3 |
| SLIS:6145 | Digital Preservation and Stewardship | 3 |
| SLIS:6155/IGPI:6155 | Information Visualization | 3 |
| SLIS:6350 | Archives: Theory and Practice | 3 |
| SLIS:6411 | Special Topics in Library and Information Science (when topic is designing "dataviz") | 3 |
Capstone Course
Students should complete all certificate coursework before they enroll in the capstone course.
| Course # | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| This course: | ||
| GRAD:6590 | Digital Humanities Capstone | 3 |
View Public Digital Humanities Certificate on the University of Iowa Libraries website for more information.
Sample Plan of Study
Sample plans represent one way to complete a program of study. Actual course selection and sequence will vary and should be discussed with an academic advisor. For additional sample plans, see MyUI.
Public Digital Humanities, Graduate Certificate
| Academic Career | ||
|---|---|---|
| Any Semester | Hours | |
| The graduate certificate in public digital humanities requires 12 s.h. of coursework. | ||
| Hours | 0 | |
| First Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| CLAS:7290 | Digital Humanities Theory and Practice | 3 |
| Hours | 3 | |
| Spring | ||
| Certificate: public digital humanities elective course a | 3 | |
| Hours | 3 | |
| Second Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| Certificate: public digital humanities elective course a | 3 | |
| Hours | 3 | |
| Spring | ||
| GRAD:6590 | Digital Humanities Capstone | 3 |
| Hours | 3 | |
| Total Hours | 12 | |
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- See the General Catalog for list of approved courses.