Online master's degree in digital humanities

Take the next step in your calling and your career by expanding your digital skillset. Our fully online, self-paced master's program can be completed in less than two years and will grant you the opportunity to refine your interests in the humanities, while simultaneously developing the technical skills required for the current job market.

You will graduate career or Ph.D. ready with your choice between either a hands-on practicum or a graduate thesis.

Flexible

Self-paced courses let you finish your coursework when it's convenient for you. No need to quit your day-job.

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New courses every 8-weeks let you fast-track your master's. Complete our 30-credit program in 2-years or less.

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From the moment you connect with our inquiry management team until you graduate, Concordia is ready to support you in your journey. Our self-paced courses don't mean you're alone. Experienced professors and online student success advisors provide individualized attention and support throughout your entire program.

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When looking for a graduate degree in the humanities, no one wants or needs just another piece of paper. Our program will set you up with the practical, digital skills required to help you take the next step in your journey. You'll graduate with new tools in your tool belt, increased knowledge in your areas of interest, and a readiness to interact and make an impact in the digital world.

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Concordia's faith-based curriculum is designed to help you build a holistic, ethical foundation. You'll look critically at digital archives and technological spaces, and have creative freedom to customize your coursework and digital projects based on areas of self-interest within the humanities.

Learn to code, create, and communicate

Wondering what digital skills you can expect to add to your repertoire?

Graduates of our digital humanities program will be able to:

Use Python to code and understand the fundamentals of programming languages
Use Adobe Creative Suite to create content appropriate for social media, print, and digital publications
Understand the stories data tells with the ability to create, use, and analyze data visualizations
Create, use, and analyze geographical information systems in order to make informed decisions
Use digital rhetorical strategies for collaborating and communicating with specific audiences (colleagues, potential clients, customers, parishioners, etc.)
Create and use digital archives

Fully online coursework

Tailor your degree to meet your goals with your electives and personal projects

Customizable electives & your choice between a thesis or practicum

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Digital Humanities by Design: This is where your digital humanities overview will begin. Start to use digital artifacts to research and explore current and ongoing conversations in the field, including the archiving and digitizing of artifacts. A variety of digital tools will be used to effectively communicate and explore ethical, religious, political, historical, and cultural topics.

Creating and Using Digital Tools: Hone your abilities to create digital art, media, and scholarship using current software and other digital tools. Here's where you'll be introduced to programming concepts such as algorithms and data structures.

Textual Criticism and Rhetoric: This course is an introduction to important textual theories in the field of the digital humanities. Students will hone their close reading skills, applying rhetorical theories developed by ancient and contemporary rhetoricians to analyze and create social media and digital art.

Geospatial Humanities: This course will familiarize students with geographic information system (GIS) mapping and other visual-spatial analysis tools. Students will work with open-source software in order to familiarize themselves with data acquisition, geoprocessing, data visualization, and web mapping.

Research in the Digital Humanities: Students will begin to explore, discuss, design, and conduct ethnographic qualitative, quantitative, and mixed method-based research about ethical, literary, religious, political, and historical topics. Other topics covered include ethical and fair use policies and Institutional Review Board (IRB) policies. Students will also learn how to present their research findings through a variety of digital platforms.

Archival Research: Building off Research in the Digital Humanities course, students will learn best practices for locating, organizing, and disseminating archives to a variety of audiences. Students will also learn how to use current archival software systems.

Topics in the Digital Humanities: This course will focus on special topics in the digital humanities. It may be repeated, provided the topics are different.

Students have their choice of a graduate thesis or practicum to prepare for graduation from our digital humanities program.

Practicum: The practicum consists of supervised work in a variety of areas such as digital archiving, digital pedagogy, web research and design, art curator, library studies, etc. The topic of the internship is determined in conjunction with the responsible faculty, the on-site supervisor, and the student. Students are responsible for completing weekly analyses in which they connect their practicums to relevant course content and creating a final research project due at the end of the eight-week session. They are also required to document 75 hours of supervised work in order to meet the course requirements.

Thesis Part I-Proposal and Literature Review: This course is the first in a two-course sequence for students who wish to write a thesis. Students will prepare a proposal for their thesis. Once the proposal is approved by the advisor, students will write the literature review in a traditional paper or digital format. This course is a pre-requisite for Thesis Part II.

Thesis Part II-Writing and Defense: This course is the second part in a two-course sequence required for students who wish to write a thesis. Students will develop the remaining sections of their thesis based on the proposal and literature review created in Thesis Part I. In addition, students are required to present their work (paper or multimodal composition) before the end of the semester in which Thesis Part II is taken. Depending on a students’ geographical location, the defense may be presented in person or via an online modality.

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Danielle has always been an art enthusiast, which led her to achieve a bachelor’s degree in art history. After graduation, she soon realized she wanted to hone in on her expertise and develop more of a digital skillset. In order to establish an online gallery of her favorite curated pieces, she chose to pursue a digital humanities masters degree. Danielle now leads her curation team at the Frankfort Art Museum, which now has a brand new online experience that brings in audiences from around the world.

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Chaz has always had a passion for design, data and analytics, which made him the perfect candidate for a bachelor’s degree in UX Design. While his four-year schooling prepared him to enter the industry, he wanted to enhance his education. Chaz has learned how to better humanize his data with a master of digital humanities. He has now built a robust portfolio of clientele that he develops prototypes and personas for while running his own business.

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Stacy is an avid book reader who particularly enjoys historical and medieval contexts. Her knack for organization and systems also led her to major in English and minor in library science. Her ultimate dream is to earn her Ph.D. in English literature. Stacy pursued a master’s degree in digital humanities to give her a broad foundation to prepare her for her next steps. Stacy was able to research cultural and relevant topics while refining her current skill set. Stacy is on her way to achieving her goal of earning a doctorate.