Teaching & modules
Modules
Courses are divided into modules. You will normally take modules totalling 180 credits.
Required modules
- Introduction to Digital Humanities 1 (30 credits)
- Introduction to Digital Humanities 2 (30 credits)
- Coding and the Humanities (15 credits)
- Dissertation (60 credits)
Optional modules
In addition, you are required to take three modules totalling 45 credits from a list of options that may typically include:
- Curating & Preserving Digital Culture (15 credits)
- Digital Storytelling (15 credits)
- Music and Sound in Digital Societies (15 credits)
- Artificial Intelligence & Society (15 credits)
- Web Technologies (15 credits)
- Global Digital Audiences (15 credits)
- Digital Innovation (15 credits)
- Digital Publishing (15 credits)
- Data Journalism (15 credits)
- Social Media, Marketing and Platforms (15 credits)
- Digital Asset & Media Management Technologies in Practice (15 credits)
- Management for Digital Content Industries (15 credits)
- Digital Media, Digital Marketing (15 credits)
Up to 30 credits from master’s modules offered in the Faculty of Arts & Humanities, subject to approval.
If you are a part-time student, you will take Introduction to Digital Humanities 1 & 2 and Coding and the Humanities in your first year, and your dissertation in your second.
Teaching methods - what to expect
We will provide 120 to 180 hours of teaching through lectures and seminars, and we will expect you to undertake 1674 hours of independent study.
Typically, one credit equates to 10 hours of work.
Assessment
- Coursework essays
- Essays
- Project Work
Your performance will be assessed through coursework. Forms of assessment may typically involve essays and project work. Coursework contributes 100% to your final mark.
Application closing date guidance
Key Information
Course type:
Master's
Delivery mode:
In person
Study mode:
Full time / Part time
Duration:
One year full-time, two years part-time, September to September
Application status:
Open
Start date:
September 2026