Data and Digital Humanities MSc
12 monthsProgramme duration
SepStarting Month
Programme overview
Main Subject
History
Degree
MSc
Study Level
Master's
Study Mode
On Campus
Explore how data and technologies are transforming the human experience. As part of the MSc in Data and Digital Humanities, you’ll engage with innovative technologies like Artificial Intelligence and Augmented Reality/Virtual Reality to understand their potential for humanities research.
- If you have a passion for data, digital culture and heritage and a desire to shape digital innovation, this MSc is for you.
Our Data and Digital Humanities MSc will enable you to participate in creative and interdisciplinary digital research and give you the critical knowledge and skills you need for your future career. Through a combination of practice and theory, you'll develop expertise in the technical, conceptual and ethical dimensions of digital humanities. You'll also have an opportunity to gain practical training and work experience in digital methods and digital project management, and learn how digital products are created.
You’ll explore how data and digital content transform culture and heritage, investigating the interaction between technology and society from critical, theoretical, and practical perspectives.
As part of the MSc in Data and Digital Humanities, you will encounter innovative ways of engaging with technologies like Artificial Intelligence (AI), social media, and Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR and VR) to understand their potential for humanities research.
As part of this course, you will:
- Learn how digital content is used to represent human culture and society in the past and present, such as ancient documents, artefacts and environments to social media, digital arts and virtual worlds.
- Study how digital humanities methods are applied in real-world research challenges and cultural projects.
- Use advanced methods (including AI) that integrate text, image, sound, and interactivity in the design and execution of digital research.
- Cultivate a critical awareness of key debates, methods, and research developments across the arts and humanities.
- Explore how to embed ethical, sustainable, inclusive, and accessible approaches to data-driven digital humanities research.
- Implement your learning on a real-world project as part of your work experience module.
- Hear from the people who are shaping the future of the arts and humanities through technology and new media in our innovative Business Leader Talks.
Programme overview
Main Subject
History
Degree
MSc
Study Level
Master's
Study Mode
On Campus
Explore how data and technologies are transforming the human experience. As part of the MSc in Data and Digital Humanities, you’ll engage with innovative technologies like Artificial Intelligence and Augmented Reality/Virtual Reality to understand their potential for humanities research.
- If you have a passion for data, digital culture and heritage and a desire to shape digital innovation, this MSc is for you.
Our Data and Digital Humanities MSc will enable you to participate in creative and interdisciplinary digital research and give you the critical knowledge and skills you need for your future career. Through a combination of practice and theory, you'll develop expertise in the technical, conceptual and ethical dimensions of digital humanities. You'll also have an opportunity to gain practical training and work experience in digital methods and digital project management, and learn how digital products are created.
You’ll explore how data and digital content transform culture and heritage, investigating the interaction between technology and society from critical, theoretical, and practical perspectives.
As part of the MSc in Data and Digital Humanities, you will encounter innovative ways of engaging with technologies like Artificial Intelligence (AI), social media, and Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR and VR) to understand their potential for humanities research.
As part of this course, you will:
- Learn how digital content is used to represent human culture and society in the past and present, such as ancient documents, artefacts and environments to social media, digital arts and virtual worlds.
- Study how digital humanities methods are applied in real-world research challenges and cultural projects.
- Use advanced methods (including AI) that integrate text, image, sound, and interactivity in the design and execution of digital research.
- Cultivate a critical awareness of key debates, methods, and research developments across the arts and humanities.
- Explore how to embed ethical, sustainable, inclusive, and accessible approaches to data-driven digital humanities research.
- Implement your learning on a real-world project as part of your work experience module.
- Hear from the people who are shaping the future of the arts and humanities through technology and new media in our innovative Business Leader Talks.
Admission Requirements
Minimum 2:1 undergraduate honours degree in any subject
We assess each application on the basis of the applicant’s preparation and achievement as a whole. We may accept applicants whose qualifications don’t meet the published entry criteria but have other experience relevant to the course.
If required degree subjects and modules are listed, these are indicative only. Sometimes we may accept subjects or modules that aren’t listed, and sometimes we may not accept subjects or modules that are listed, depending on the content studied.
We also consider a wide range of international qualifications.
English language requirements
IELTS 6.5 (with 6 in each component) or University equivalent
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