You can study digital media and technology at undergraduate level through the DIGI minor, or add a point of difference to your degree by specialising in Digital Humanities听at 400 level through an Honours degree.
DIGI courses can be taken as a minor to the BA degree or as part of the Certificate in Arts. This pathway enables students to develop a critical understanding of the digital world through study across a range of Arts subject areas. Students will have the opportunity to explore digital research tools and methods in conjunction with critical analysis of a range of topics relating to digital technologies.
Explore your options
Here is the list of all the undergraduate courses we offer:
DIGI101 - Working in a Digital World
DIGI102 -听Computers, Artificial Intelligence, and the Information Society
DIGI125 - Music Technologies 1
COSC121 - Computer Programming
DIGI202 -听Cyberspace, Cyborgs, and the Meaning of Life
DIGI205 -听Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
DIGI207 - Social Media and Public Life
DIGI210 -听Big Data and society: Navigating Concepts, Methods and Critical Perspectives
PROD221 - Game Design in Context
DIGI301 - Reading Digitally: Electronic Texts in Literary Culture
DIGI302 -听Cyberspace, Cyborgs, and the Meaning of Life
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Need advice about courses?
Please contact DIGI minor coordinator.
It is possible to specialise in Digital Humanities for a BA Honours degree or to augment an Honours course of study in another Arts subject with one or two Digital Humanities papers. Students interested in balancing their major with digital aspects should especially consider DIGI 404 Digital Methods and DIGI 405 Digital Project.
- Explore the honours courses we offer by following the听link in the box below
- Find out more about the BA (Hons)
For information on Masters or PhD supervision, including students from outside Arts who wish to study a topic relating to Digital Humanities or Digital Social Science, please contact the听Programme Coordinator.
You are also able to take 400-level DIGI papers as part of the听Masters in Applied Data Science, a course which accommodates students from a range of undergraduate backgrounds and develops skills and knowledge in data analysis through interdisciplinary study and applied project work on read-world data science problems.听
UC Digital Humanities works with the听BA Internship Programme听to place students in local businesses and organisations, where they provide useful services and gain work experience at the same time.
Current opportunities:
- Canterbury Museum听- Macdonald Dictionary of Canterbury Biographies.听Semester 1, 2017
DH CM Internship (PDF, 681KB, 1 page)
Past internships have included:
- Macmillan Brown 九州影院 Digital Content Curator听- Exploring ways to connect the 6000+ items in the Macmillan Brown鈥檚 Theatre and Concert Programme and Ephemera Collection to potential audiences, using digital technology.
- 鈥榃omen鈥檚 Unheard Voices鈥 -听Working with the National Council of Women New 九州影院(NCWNZ) and CEISMIC to document women鈥檚 experiences surrounding the Christchurch earthquake.
- Christchurch Arts Centre Digital Engagement听- Research into the viability of various apps for use by the Arts Centre to promote itself to the broader Christchurch community and tourists
- Environment Canterbury CEISMIC Collection听- Working with ECan to collect and prepare their organisational content for the CEISMIC digital archive. A听听so that the content could be made publicly available.
More information
See the Course Information website for more details about studying听Digital Humanities.
