B.A. in Digital Humanities

Syracuse University

The digital humanities integrated learning major combines the traditional strengths of the humanities with attention to digital and information technology. It enables students to extend their study of the humanities to digital culture, as both a tool in service of the humanities and an object of humanistic study. Study in the ILM will apply the traditional skills of the humanities (contextualization, historicization, critical and rhetorical thinking) to understand digital culture while also learning how digital technologies can enable us to explore key questions in the humanities.

The digital humanities major is an “integrated learning major” (or ILM). An ILM is interdisciplinary in nature, requires fewer hours than a traditional, stand-alone major, and must be paired with another major. This structure allows students to engage in interdisciplinary study without sacrificing the sustained focus and expertise that is typical of a traditional major. The digital humanities ILM is open as a second major to students in the college of Arts & Sciences who already have an A&S major. It consists of three core classes, a technical skills requirement, two electives, and a capstone.