Introduction
Are you interested in cultural heritage as well as digitalization? Digital humanity is an interdisciplinary field of study that represents a bridge between the arts and humanities to information technology. It further stretches beyond academia, mainly through collaboration with the cultural heritage sector.
This two-year master's program in digital humanities is suitable if you want to work with technology to devise creative solutions in a range of humanities application areas at cultural heritage institutions, public agencies, international organizations, and private companies.
The program aims to build a general ability to understand and apply digital methods. You will also learn how to create applications and find practical solutions in working places by using interdisciplinary approaches and cross-sectoral collaboration.
This master program in digital humanities is closely linked to the research at Linnaeus University, its Digital Humanities Initiative as well as the institute, connected to a large number of international universities through the iSchools organization.
This is Linnaeus University
Linnaeus University is a modern, international university named after Carl Linnaeus – a world-renowned Swedish scientist who was born in the Småland region where the university is located. More facts about Linnaeus University:
Founded 2010 through a merger between Kalmar University and Växjö University;
Located in Kalmar and Växjö;
44,000 enrolled students;
2,000 enrolled international students;
6th largest university in Sweden in terms of number of students;
780 partner universities in more than 80 countries;
100-degree programs on the first-cycle level, 8 of them taught in English;
80-degree programs on second-cycle level, 35 of them taught in English.
Career
The program prepares you for jobs across the public and private sectors. Your future workplace could be in a museum, library, archive, and other parts of the public sector where you can work with the digitization of culture, arts, and cultural heritage. You can also work in companies providing these institutions with software, for example, guide apps. Additionally, the degree in Master of Arts provides the foundation for doctoral studies.
Degree
Master of Arts (120 credits)
Main field of study: Digital Humanities
One year master
There is a possibility to finalize the program after one year (a degree of 60 credits) by choosing to write a 15 credit master degree course during semester 2.
Students who have completed one year of the program and, meet the requirements of a master’s degree (60 credits), may obtain the following degree: Master of Arts, main field of studies: Digital humanities.
Distance education
All teaching takes place on a learning platform and the material is available round the clock, offering great flexibility for students. There are no compulsory get-togethers on campus.
Program Overview
Semester 1: Provides an introduction to and in-depth studies of digital humanities, critical theory and digital transformation, and digital research methods for the humanities.
Semester 2: Provides an introduction to complexities surrounding the digitization of cultural heritage, including issues related to ethics, politics, and policies in the digital world, as well as technologies for interaction with cultural heritage and other humanities research data, and linking the data in the Semantic Web.
Semester 3: Elective courses are offered from which the student chooses in coordination with program advisors in order to get a degree which has a coherent whole on a topic of choosing (e.g., Digital humanities and library and information science, digital humanities and history, Digital humanities and digital transformation, Digital humanities and data-intensive methods, etc.).
This topic shall also be aligned with the topic of the final thesis.
Semester 4: A degree project of 30 ECTS credits. Students are responsible for finding an institution or private business for their final thesis project, anywhere in the world, in consultation with the teachers on the program. Any costs for travel arrangements to and from the workplace are paid for by the student.
Compulsory and elective courses
The first four courses make up the first-semester curriculum.
Year 1
Introduction to digital humanities, 7.5 credits
Digital humanities research methods, 7.5 credits
Critical theory and digital transformation, 7.5 credits
Programming for digital humanities, 7.5 credits
Interactive technologies for digital humanities, 7.5 credits
Digitization of cultural heritage, 7.5 credits
After these first six courses, the student who takes the one-year Master’s degree (60 credits) has to take the
Degree project in Digital Humanities – first-year master level, 15 credits
The student who chooses to take the two-year Master’s degree (120 credits) needs to take the following two courses:
Linked data and information structures, 7.5 credits
Information ethics, politics and policies in the digital world, 7.5 credits
Year 2
Electives (30 credits) + Master thesis (30 credits)
Electives that guarantee a place for DH Master’s students are:
Editing and Transcribing Premodern Texts: Digital Tools, Methods and Resources (7,5 credits) (with Lund University)
Digital media and methods for sampling and analysis, 7.5 credits
Digital history, 7.5 credits
Digital archaeology, 7.5 credits
Film, archive, and digital culture, 7.5 credits
Film as a research tool, 7.5 credits
Information Visualization in practice, 5 credits
Tangible User Interfaces, 7.5 credits
Network Society and Internet Cultures, 7.5 credits
The list of electives is continuously updated.
Distance
Studying distance education will give you different opportunities than on-campus teaching. It means that, to a large extent, you will be able to plan your studies yourself, both in terms of time and place.
However, keep in mind that most distance education includes a number of compulsory digital lectures and digital seminars during the weekdays. Some distance education also includes compulsory get-togethers, for which you will have to travel to Växjö or Kalmar.
There are a number of different ways to be a distance student, the common denominator being that a large part of your study work is carried out on the web. You communicate with the teacher and your fellow students using a learning platform with discussion forums, group work, recorded lectures, or video meetings using a webcam.
Entry requirements
General entry requirements for studies on second-cycle level, and specific entry requirements:
At least 90 credits including independent work of at least 15 credits with arts and humanities or social sciences as the main field of study, or informatics, information science, computer science, or a related discipline;
English B/English 6.
