The curriculum for the doctoral certificate in digital humanities, mixing theory and practice, requires completion of four components, with all courses taken for credit (letter grade or pass/fail).

• Introduction to Digital Humanities (HMAN 2300). This course, which is open to all graduate students, will provide an overview of the field and introduce students to the wide range of methodologies and theoretical underpinnings in the digital humanities.
• An elective at the 1000 or 2000 level, selected from the approved course list in consultation with the CDS faculty director.
• Digital Tools and Methods. This requirement may be fulfilled through completion of a programming course, the CDS Summer Workshop in Digital Humanities/Digital Scholarship, or seven or more workshops in the CDS academic-year workshop series selected from the approved workshop list in consultation with the CDS Director.
• Digital Humanities Capstone Seminar (HMAN 2301). This seminar will provide students with hands-on experience working on their own Digital Humanities project and/or contributing to a Digital Humanities project as part of a team. Students will present their capstone project in the Digital Humanities Salon. Admission into the course is conditional upon admission into the certificate. Students are encouraged to take Intro to Digital Humanities prior to the Digital Humanities Capstone Seminar. Students can apply to enroll in the certificate at any stage in their coursework. 

The certificate’s steering committee is composed of the CDS faculty director, the CDS director, a member of the Cogut Institute, and three faculty members.

• Laurel Bestock, Associate Professor of Archaeology and the Ancient World and Egyptology and Assyriology, Associate Professor of History of Art and Architecture

• Ashley Champagne, Director of the Center for Digital Scholarship, Lecturer in Humanities

• Kim Gallon, Associated Professor of Africana Studies

• Damien Mahiet, Associate Director of the Cogut Institute, Lecturer in Humanities

• Tara Nummedal, John Nickoll Provost’s Professor of History, Professor of Italian Studies, Chair of the History Department

• Ellie Pavlick, Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Linguistics

Please apply to the Digital Humanities Doctoral Certificate Program using UFunds.  To access the application, log in to UFunds, and select Doctoral Certificates, then Digital Humanities. Applications are accepted and reviewed on a rolling basis throughout the year. (Deadlines in UFunds are administrative: a new application cycle will open as soon as the previous one comes to end.)   

The applicant’s home department DGS approval is required. Please note that the program is open only to Ph.D. students currently enrolled at Brown University. For more information, please contact Professor Tara Nummedal.