Undergraduate

HIST 3870 Digital Public History

A project-based, experiential-learning course. The entire class works together on a public history project that utilizes digital tools for mapping, data visualization, and/or web publishing. Specific project changes each semester and includes components of local history, in-depth primary and secondary research, field visits, and an overview of the fields of digital and public history. Students practice cultural heritage marketing to present original historical content through a wide range of media.

Graduate

HIST 6450/7450 Digital Tools for Historians I

Introduces the fields of digital history and humanities with a particular focus on how digital history will serve public historians. Explores the standards and methods of the field through the production of a collaborative digital history project.

HIST 6460/7460 Digital Tools for Historians II

This advanced seminar investigates how historians research in the Digital Age using computational methods. Through readings, discussion, and applied projects, students will learn how to examine, collect, and share historical data. The digital methodologies within this course will assist students in completing advanced digital projects.

*HIST 6490/7490 Topics in Digital History

This course allows for an in-depth examination of a singular digital method or specialization of historical research. Through readings and discussion, students will learn the historiography, theory, and methodology surrounding the topic. The course will be centered around creating or completing a digital project.

Topics courses can include: 

HIST 6104/7104 GIS for Humanists

GIS (Geographic Information Systems) enables humans to visualize and spatially analyze data in  powerful ways. This class teaches you ArcGIS—the industry-standard mapping software—in an  eight-week “boot camp” while also briefly diving into spatial analyses in historical literature and  online digital humanities projects. You will the complete a spatial research project in the last  eight weeks of class (you are encouraged to align the class project with your larger MA/PhD  work, although we can also provide a project for you to work on). 

HIST 6226/7225 Oral History Theory and Methodology

Overview of the oral history lifecycle with an emphasis on ethical decision making for oral history research and practice. Topics include project planning, ethics and legal obligations, the interview process, transcription, archiving and preservation, and access and use. Students focus on how to conduct professional quality oral history interviews, how to process the materials, and how to organize a professional project.