Minor in Digital Humanities
Undergraduate students on single honours degrees can choose to add a Minor with courses from our offer in Digital Media, Culture and Society.
This is 40 credits a year, equivalent to one-third of your course credits for the year.
Many of our course units are also available as free choice units.
Completing two course units will earn you an undergraduate Certificate in Digital Humanities.
Why minor in Digital Humanities?
Our course units complement your studies with training in digital methods and a deeper understanding of how digital media and technology are shaping our lives and our future.
You will explore how digital methods such as mapping, text mining, and data visualisation can transform the way you read, understand the past, and communicate your ideas.
You will create and curate your own digital projects and exhibitions and develop specialist expertise in digital methods relating to your main subject area.
Our course units take place in Digital Humanities Labs, where students will also be provided with laptops.
Note that no technical experience is required, as all training will be provided.
With its combined focus on technical skills, creativity, and criticism, our course units allow you to develop the skills needed to thrive in a workplaces looking for people who can bridge the gap between creative and technical work.
Our course units also touch on key concepts and debates around digital media, technology, and culture, such as data collection and civil liberties or the ethics of artificial intelligence.
Why do search engines misrepresent women and people of colour? How do digital platforms spread conspiracy theories and ‘fake news’? The Minor will help you understand key debates of our time and equips you with the knowledge you need to make your voice heard.
Course units
Core unit
You will be automatically enrolled onto the following unit (20 credits).
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|
| DIGI10031 | Decoding Inequality: Reimagining Digital Culture | 20 | 1 |
Optional units
Please choose 20 credits from the following list.
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|
| DIGI10082 | Histories of Data | 20 | 2 |
| DIGI10062 | Digital Activism | 20 | 2 |
| DIGI10072 | Fake Media | 20 | 2 |
| ECON10151 | Computing for Social Scientists | 10 | 1 |
| DIGI10041 | Researching in the Digital Age I | 20 | 1 |
| DIGI10042 | Researching in the Digital Age II | 20 | 2 |
| DIGI10051 | Thinking Digital Media | 20 | 1 |
| SOST10012 | Understanding Social Media | 20 | 2 |
| SOST10021 | Measuring Inequalities (Unequal Societies) | 20 | 1 |
| SOST10142 | Applied Statistics for Social Scientists | 20 | 2 |
| UCIL20401/ UCIL20421 |
Visualising Information: Uses and Abuses of Data | 10/20 | 2 |
| UCIL24141/ UCIL24151 |
Science, Technology and Democracy | 10/20 | 1 |
| UCIL20132 | Trust and Security in a Digital World: From Fake News to Cybercriminals | 10 | 2 |
| UCIL20132 | Trust and Security in a Digital World: From Fake News to Cybercriminals | 10 | 2 |
| UCIL26002 | Digital Society: Your Place in a Networked World | 10 | 2 |
| UCIL20122 | AI: Robot Overlord, Replacement or Colleague? | 10 | 2 |
*The availability of optional units may vary.
Core unit
You will be automatically enrolled onto the following unit (20 credits).
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|
| DIGI20082 | Researching with Digital Methods | 20 | 2 |
Optional units
Please choose 20 credits from the following list.
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|
| DIGI20071 | Race and Digital Technology | 20 | 1 |
| DIGI24232 | Digital Ways of Seeing: Theory and Practice | 20 | 2 |
| DIGI20052 | Feminist and Queer Perspectives on Digital Media | 20 | 2 |
| BMAN20792 | Technology, Strategy and Innovation | 10 | 2 |
| EDUC20221 | Digital Marketing & Promotion | 10 | 1 |
| GEOG20502 | Spatial Thinking with GIS: Constructing and exploring virtual worlds | 20 | 2 |
| GEOG20621 | Skills for Geographers | 20 | 1 |
| LELA20231 | Quantitative Methods in Language Sciences | 20 | 1 |
| SALC20081 | Data Literacy in a Digital World | 20 | 1 |
| SOAN20871 | The Human and the Digital | 20 | 1 |
| EDUC24021 | Digital Technologies in Education (TBC) | 20 | 1 |
| EDUC26042 | Digital Learning Design and Storytelling (TBC) | 20 | 2 |
| UCIL20122 | AI: Robot Overlord, Replacement or Colleague? | 10 | 2 |
| UCIL20132 | Trust and Security in a Digital World: From Fake News to Cybercriminals | 10 | 2 |
| UCIL20401/ UCIL20421 |
Visualising Information: Uses and Abuses of Data | 10/20 | 1 |
| UCIL24141/ UCIL24151 |
Science, Technology and Democracy | 10/20 | 1 |
| UCIL26002 | Digital Society: Your Place in a Networked World | 10 | 2 |
*The availability of optional units may vary.
Core unit
You must choose between 20 and 40 credits from the following list:
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|
| DIGI30051 | Digital Futures | 20 | 1 |
Optional units
Please choose 20 credits from the following list.
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|
| DIGI30022 | Mapping the Past: Spatial History | 20 | 2 |
| DIGI30061 | Living in the Mobile World | 20 | 1 |
| GEOG30551 | Understanding GIS | 20 | 1 |
| GEOG32061 | Digital Technology & the City | 20 | 1 |
| MGDI30902 | Digital Technologies for Global Development (TBC) | 20 | 2 |
| UCIL20401 / UCIL20421 | Visualising Information: Uses and Abuses of Data | 10/20 | 1 |
| UCIL24141 / UCIL24151 | Science, Technology and Democracy | 10/20 | 2 |
| UCIL20132 | Trust and Security in a Digital World: From Fake News to Cybercriminals | 10 | 2 |
| UCIL26002 | Digital Society: Your Place in a Networked World | 10 | 2 |
| UCIL20122 | AI: Robot Overlord, Replacement or Colleague? | 10 | 2 |
Please note: students are only able to take a maximum of 20 credits at a lower level across their Major and Minor subjects (e.g. L3 students are only able to enrol onto one 20 credit L2 coded unit- i.e. a unit where the code begins with a 2, such as UCIL26002). If you need assistance with this or have any further queries, then please email salc.courseunits@manchester.ac.uk.
Please note: students are only able to take a maximum of 20 credits at a lower level across their Major and Minor subjects (e.g., L3 students are only able to enrol onto one 20 credit L2 coded unit- i.e. a unit where the code begins with a 2, such as UCIL26002).
If you need assistance with this or have any further queries, then please email flexhons@manchester.ac.uk.
How to enrol
Students are eligible to enrol in the Minor in Digital Humanities until the conclusion of the second week of teaching. To confirm your enrolment, please email salc.programmmes@manchester.ac.uk.
Find out more
To find out more, please contact Dr Giulia Grisot, Programme Director.