Courses
Students in the DH minor take courses that prepare them to conduct original research, tell stories, and make interpretive arguments through digital projects. Students can choose from a large selection of electives offered across 14 departments, making it easy to combine the minor with any major.
Core Courses
ENG 250 Literature and Digital Culture
Typically offered in fall and/or winter term, this course serves as the foundation for the Digital Humanities minor. Students learn to use digital tools and technologies to analyze and engage with literary texts and develop a portfolio website of written work.
DSCI/LIB 350 Research Data Management
This course, typically offered in winter term, provides students with essential training in collecting, processing, archiving, and publishing humanities data gathered from galleries, libraries, archives, and museums. Students will learn to curate and manage datasets of images, video, sound, text, and/or maps.
ENG 470 Technologies and Texts
Offered in spring term only, this project-based capstone course is the culmination of the minor. Building on the essential skills learned in ENG 250 and DSCI/LIB 350M, students work in a collaborative environment to develop, present, and publish original digital humanities research.
Featured Electives
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HIST 399: Latinx History Lab
Students in this community-engaged public history course will conduct original research on local Latino history over the past 100 years; learn to use WordPress and other digital tools to present research to the public; and work with area educators to help bring this history to high school students.
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CINE/ENG 486M: New Media and Digital Culture
How is the ancient practice of storytelling adapting to our digital world? In this class, we will explore this question by reading foundational works of narrative theory alongside multimedia narrative texts of the “Internet Age” (1990-present), including hypertext fiction, video games, podcasts, and interactive data visualizations.
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GEOG 250: Geography of Outdoor Adventure
This class uses a geographical approach to examine the emergence and contemporary significance of outdoor adventure sports like hiking, running, kayaking, rafting, surfing, skateboarding, bike touring and mountain biking. Students will collaboratively develop an online collections of cultural artifacts related to these activities, ranging from advertisements and architecture to movies, novels, and social media video feeds.
Explore Further
Those are just a few examples of the options available to DH minors. Visit the UO Course Catalog for a full list of pre-approved courses, or explore current and past offerings by term.