DSAH Requirements

All students take the following two courses:

Introduction to Digital Studies in the Arts and Humanities | 3 credits as MITH 610
Digital Studies Colloquium | 1 credit as MITH 729 for each of 3 semesters

The DSAH intro course is offered once per academic year. The colloquium is offered every semester, meeting every few weeks.

Students also take an additional nine elective credits:

General Electives | 6 credits
Praxis Elective | 3 credits

Appropriate elective courses emphasize digital methodologies and/or the study of digital media or culture, and may be selected from graduate courses across the College of Arts and Humanities and elsewhere in the university. Praxis electives feature significant hands-on exposure to digital tools or techniques and/or focus on the production of digital work. Generally, up to 6 elective credits can be drawn from the 400-level. Regardless, students should discuss elective courses with the DSAH certificate director or graduate advisor (to make sure it counts for the certificate) and with their home department (to make sure it comports with your graduate degree requirements).

Before the end of their tenure in the DSAH certificate program, students are also required to deliver a short colloquium presentation to their DSAH colleagues, demonstrating a substantial degree of engagement with methods, tools, controversies, or theoretical issues in the digital arts and humanities. This is an opportunity to celebrate the depth and breadth of participants' interests!

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You can click here to schedule an advising appointment to discuss elective options with the certificate director or graduate advisor.

Introduction to Digital Studies in the Arts and Humanities | 3 credits

MITH610 This course (to be cross-listed in the instructor’s home department) is designed to introduce students to current topics and critical issues in this diverse, complex, and rapidly changing field, with a special emphasis on approaches to Digital Studies as practiced by faculty and other experts here at UMD. The course will combine an overview of key topics and methodologies with hands-on workshops, critical discussion, regional site visits, and guest speakers. Examples of past topical areas include data mining the social web, reimagining the archive, digital aesthetics/digital play, and global digital identities.

Digital Studies in the Arts and Humanities Colloquium | 1 credit (repeated 3 times)

MITH729 Repeated enrollment in the Colloquium will ensure intellectual continuity and community throughout the student’s time in the Certificate program. The facilitator will organize periodic meetings devoted to discussing shared readings, hands-on experimentation of a new tool or technique, meetings with visiting speakers, and the presentation of student work.

Program requirements are subject to change.