Program Overview

Digital Humanities

Bachelor of Arts

About the Program

The Digital Humanities program at Jessup University equips students to pursue their calling as storytellers in a fast-changing digital landscape. By acquiring both soft and technical skills, students develop a competitive advantage, making them highly desirable in the modern job market. The program combines core elements of a traditional humanities degree with innovative skills in data analysis and artificial intelligence. While completing coursework in history and literature, students conduct original research utilizing cutting-edge tools in AI, machine learning, and data science.

Program Details

• Units: 39
• Semesters: 15 weeks
• Campus: Rocklin Campus

Concentrations

• Creative Writing: Cultivates students' craft in poetry, prose, and instructs them in the mechanics of writing and publication
• Humanities: Provides a robust offering of upper-division English, History, and Public Policy electives
• History: Designed for students interested in teaching, law, public service, or further graduate studies

Learning Outcomes

• Describe key ideas and inventions that shaped the history of thought and technology
• Write and communicate clearly and effectively in diverse contexts
• Articulate how a Gospel Worldview informs research in the Digital Humanities
• Employ tools for the analysis and visualization of data related to history and literature
• Undertake primary research in a topic of social, cultural, or historical significance, and communicate the findings effectively

Program Courses

• Core Courses (27 units):
  • DHUM101 | Introduction to Digital Humanities
  • DHUM280 | Writing with AI
  • DCD210 | Writing for the Media
  • ENGL382 | Perfect Sentence
  • ENGL436 | Psychology of Storytelling
  • DHUM300 | History of Ideas and their Consequences
  • DHUM320 | History of Technology
  • DHUM475 | Practicum/Internship/Field Experience
  • DHUM498 | Digital Humanities Capstone
• Concentrations (Choose one of the following 12-unit concentrations):
  • Creative Writing Concentration:
    • ENGL286 | Creative Writing
    • ENGL384 | Metonym
    • ENGL399 | Writing and Publishing the Novel
    • Creative Writing/Digital Comm, Art & Design Elective
  • Humanities Concentration:
    • PPOL201 | Political Theory and Philosophy or PPOL221 | Political Processes
    • English Elective
    • 2 History Elective
  • History Concentration:
    • Choose 12 units from the History Minor (see Academic Catalog for course list)

Faculty

• Cameron Wilson, Ph.D. - Associate Professor, School of Humanities & the Arts
• Dorisa D. Costello, Ph.D. - Associate Professor, School of Humanities and the Arts
• Julius (Rex) Gurney III, Ph.D. - Professor, School of Humanities and Arts
• Richard Ravalli, Ph.D. - Associate Professor, School of Humanities & the Arts
• Domani Hintze, Ph.D. - Associate Professor, School of Humanities & the Arts