Digital Studies

Digital Studies

Digital Studies concentrators study the digital practices and cultures that shape scholarly research, creative production, and increasingly large areas of everyday life. The concentration aims especially to support thinking and activities that cross disciplinary boundaries, such as developing digital techniques for the creation of art or music, bringing critical theory to bear on digital cultures, or investigating the powers and limitations of algorithmic approaches to textual evidence. Digital Studies concentrators engage with new research questions arising from digital cultures and methods, creatively employ digital tools and media, and develop the skills that constitute twenty-first century digital literacies.

Expert Faculty

Forge new connections across digital boundaries.

The digital studies concentration provides a framework for you to study the digital practices and cultures that shape scholarly research, creative production, and increasingly large areas of everyday life. And you’ll explore these areas under the guidance of faculty with deep knowledge and experience in a wide range of disciplines.
Multidisciplinary Study

Apply your studies to a variety of digital fields.

Digital studies supports cross-disciplinary thinking and adds to the tools we have for the creation of enriched and intellectually lively discourse. By taking courses in the concentration, you’ll learn (for example) digital techniques for the creation of art or music, you’ll bring critical theory to bear on digital cultures, or investigate the powers and limitations of algorithmic approaches to textual evidence.
Research and Creativity

Combining current research with creativity prepares you for exciting careers.

You’ll engage with new research questions arising from digital cultures and methods, creatively employ digital tools and media, and develop the skills that constitute 21st-century digital literacies. In doing so, you’ll stay current in an ever-changing landscape and graduate with the tools to prosper in the many fields that require such knowledge.