{"id":2574,"date":"2021-02-17T13:25:08","date_gmt":"2021-02-17T18:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/english\/?page_id=2574"},"modified":"2024-12-02T17:04:06","modified_gmt":"2024-12-02T22:04:06","slug":"digital-humanities","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/english\/digital-humanities\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital Humanities Minor"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t\t<div class=\"jumbotron jumbotron-fluid bg-secondary mb-0 py-5\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"float-right alignright text-center mb-3 ml-2\" style=\"width: 40vw; max-width: 300px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" class=\"img-fluid wp-image-3263 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2024\/11\/endless_learner.jpg\" alt=\"Student with headset plays a video game on laptop\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2024\/11\/endless_learner.jpg 450w, https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2024\/11\/endless_learner-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2024\/11\/endless_learner-150x150.jpg 150w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" class=\"img-fluid wp-image-3263\" src=\"https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2024\/11\/endless_learner.jpg\" alt=\"Student with headset plays a video game on laptop\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2024\/11\/endless_learner.jpg 450w, https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2024\/11\/endless_learner-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2024\/11\/endless_learner-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/noscript><\/div>\n<p class=\"lead mb-4 line-height-5\">The <strong>Digital Humanities (DH) minor<\/strong> at UCF spans the fields of literature, rhetoric, technical communication, philosophy, public history, and cultural and textual studies, exploring how they can be infused with digital methods and practices in coding, game design, and archiving. DH includes both humanistic ways of looking at digital texts (from social media to video games to Geographical Information Systems maps) and digital ways of looking at humanistic texts (such as data mining the words used in novels, digitally archiving history, and visualizing characters reoccurring across cultural traditions).<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 line-height-4\">DH students are both scholars and makers. They combine the big questions of the humanities with technological tools that include code, artificial intelligence, images, image-text, databases, and languages, and in doing so advance the present (and future) of creating and thinking across the humanities. DH cultivates a variety of literacies, from traditional notions of writing to computational and critical AI literacy (using programming, generative artificial intelligence, and new media installations as inventive methods for production, critique, and analysis). Example DH projects include:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"pl-4 mb-4\">\n<li class=\"mb-2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ucfgrl.itch.io\/empower-through-play\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">an interactive narrative designed to help girls learn leadership skills<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mb-2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/riches.cah.ucf.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">digital collections of the history, experiences, and stories of Central Florida<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mb-2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kairos.technorhetoric.net\/20.1\/inventio\/salter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a project using Alice in Wonderland as a metaphor for experiencing media<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mb-2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/johnsonsdictionaryonline.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a searchable version of one of the earliest English-language dictionaries<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"mb-4 line-height-4\">Digital Humanities cultivates a variety of literacies, from traditional notions of writing to computational and critical AI literacy (using programming, generative artificial intelligence and new media installations as inventive methods for production, critique and analysis). DH students are both scholars and makers. They combine the big questions of the humanities with technological tools that include code, artificial intelligence, images, image-text, databases and languages, and in doing so advance the present (and future) of creating and thinking across the humanities.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"jumbotron jumbotron-fluid media-background-container bg-primary-lightest py-5 mb-0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"media-background object-fit-cover lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2024\/11\/bg-rainbow-network-abstract.jpg\" alt=\"decorative pattern\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"media-background object-fit-cover\" src=\"https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2024\/11\/bg-rainbow-network-abstract.jpg\" alt=\"decorative pattern\"><\/noscript><br \/>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\n<h2 class=\"text-info-aw text-uppercase font-condensed\">Interdisciplinary Coursework<\/h2>\n<p class=\"lead font-weight-bold\">This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/catalog\/undergraduate\/#\/programs\/Bk-_rJWOj_?bc=true&#038;bcCurrent=Digital%20Humanities%20Minor\" class=\"text-info-aw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">18-hour minor program<\/a> has two required courses:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"lead list-unstyled pl-4 mt-3 mb-5\">\n<li class=\"mb-2\">DIG 3171 &#8211; Tools for Digital Humanities<\/li>\n<li class=\"mb-2\">HUM 3830 &#8211; Introduction to Digital Humanities<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"lead font-weight-bold\">Then, students can choose four electives from a variety of exciting courses such as:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"lead list-unstyled pl-4 mt-3 mb-4\">\n<li class=\"mb-2\">AMH 4644 &#8211; Viewing American History in the Twentieth Century<\/li>\n<li class=\"mb-2\">CRW 3713 -Writing for Video Games<\/li>\n<li class=\"mb-2\">CRW 4760 &#8211; Digital Storytelling for Creative Writers<\/li>\n<li class=\"mb-2\">ENG 3616 &#8211; Fan Studies<\/li>\n<li class=\"mb-2\">ENG 3817 &#8211; Digital Archives<\/li>\n<li class=\"mb-2\">PHI 3323 &#8211; Minds and Machines: Philosophy of Cognitive Science<\/li>\n<li class=\"mb-2\">PHI 3615 &#8211; Virtual Ethics<\/li>\n<li class=\"mb-2 text-info-aw\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/catalog\/undergraduate\/#\/programs\/Bk-_rJWOj_?bc=true&#038;bcCurrent=Digital%20Humanities%20Minor\" class=\"text-info-aw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>and more\u2026<\/em><\/a>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Students should consult the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/catalog\/undergraduate\/#\/programs\/Bk-_rJWOj_?bc=true&#038;bcCurrent=Digital%20Humanities%20Minor\" class=\"text-info-aw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UCF undergraduate catalog<\/a> for official program requirements.<br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"jumbotron jumbotron-fluid bg-secondary py-5 mb-0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\n<h2 class=\"h1 text-metallic-darkest font-condensed text-uppercase mb-4\">Career Opportunities<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"row\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"col-md-6\">\n<ul class=\"list-group list-group-flush\">\n<li class=\"list-group-item\">Digital archivist\n<li class=\"list-group-item\">Cultural data analyst<\/li>\n<li class=\"list-group-item\">User experience designer<\/li>\n<li class=\"list-group-item\">Transmedia Storyteller<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-6\">\n<ul class=\"list-group list-group-flush\">\n<li class=\"list-group-item\">Digital preservation specialist<\/li>\n<li class=\"list-group-item\">Museum \/ Heritage Technologist<\/li>\n<li class=\"list-group-item\">Digital editor<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"jumbotron media-background-container bg-inverse mb-0 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letter-spacing-0\">Select the minor in <a class=\"bg-primary-link\" href=\"https:\/\/my.ucf.edu\/\">MyUCF<\/a> to enroll.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr class=\"my-5\" \/>\n<h2 class=\"heading-underline letter-spacing-1\">Contact<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/english\/faculty-staff\/profile\/923\"><span class=\"font-size-lg\">Sonia Stephens<\/span><\/a><br \/>\nAssociate Professor<br \/>\nSonia.Stephens@ucf.edu<br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-fullscreen.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2574","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is 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