This Digital Humanities MA combines digital theory and practice to study human culture. You’ll use critical theory, case studies, and hands-on, project-based exercises to examine digital representations of human culture in all forms, from history, languages, and music to museums, digital publishing, and more. You will learn the basic structures and syntax of several digital tools and frameworks, including the widely-used programming language Python. As well as giving you an excellent conceptual understanding of how programming works, it will also teach you how to create coding-driven projects to generate your own research and equip you with desirable, transferable skills at the intersection between critical thinking and digital practice.

Key benefits

• Develop a broad understanding of the most important applications of digital methods and technologies.
• Learn how to provide your own critical commentary on the relationship between culture and technology.
• Master how to scope, build and critique practical experiments in digital research with an arts, humanities, social sciences, or cultural sector focus.
• Graduate with Python programming skills that are highly desirable beyond academia.
• Learn from a team of multidisciplinary academics with expertise in data-driven research, natural language processing, digital publishing, digital cultural heritage, coding, open software, content creation, and the Geoweb.
• Join a Digital Humanities Department that’s the largest in the UK and a global leader in researching digital and culture.

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