Digital Humanities Graduate Certificate

The Digital Humanities Graduate Certificate welcomes students from all disciplines, including the humanities and arts, social sciences, natural sciences, computational and mathematical sciences, engineering, and communication, media, and information science. The certificate prepares students to: 

  • create, utilize, and evaluate digital methods and tools for research
  • integrate them into their teaching
  • assess the diverse impacts of technologies on people and society
  • leverage digital technologies for public outreach and engagement 

Through an interdisciplinary curriculum, the certificate provides graduate students from across campus the opportunity to explore the evolution and variety of Digital Humanities theories and practices and to study approaches in the field in-depth. Moreover, the certificate is intended to stimulate collaborations among graduate students in a range of fields, thus preparing them for work in a team-based environment.

Certificate Requirements

The certificate consists of course requirements only, nine credit hours at the graduate level with an average GPA of 3.0 (B) or better:

1. Three credit hours in the following core course, which is designed to provide the theoretical and practical foundations for research directions in the Digital Humanities:

DHUM 5000: Introduction to Digital Humanities: Movements, Methods, and Tools

2. Two additional courses selected from the approved course list: Elective Courses List

Procedures

All graduate students in good standing at CU Boulder may apply to earn a Graduate Certificate in Digital Humanities. First, once a student knows they would like to complete the certificate, they must contact the Certificate Director, who submits their official declaration to participate in the program to the Registrar's Office. Next, once the student has completed the certificate requirements, they should fill out the Certificate Completion Worksheet and submit it per the instructions given on the form. The Worksheet may be submitted any time after the Registrar’s Office has approved the student’s certificate declaration, they have completed the certificate requirements, and their grades for all courses counting towards the certificate are officially posted. Finally, once the Certificate Director has approved the worksheet, the Registrar's Office will add the certificate to the student's official record. Dates for when completion notifications are due and certificates post are on the Registrar's certificates page.

Certificate Forms and Links

For more information, please consult our FAQs or contact Thea Lindquist, Digital Humanities Graduate Certificate Director / Executive Director, Center for Research Data & Digital Scholarship.