Requirements: Graduate Certificate in DASH

15 units are required to complete the DASH Graduate Certificate. Most but not all graduate students are able to count 6 units dually between the requirements of the certificate and the doctoral degree requirements.  Students should consult with their doctoral advisor and the DASH Certificate advisor to determine which courses may be applied to both degrees.

Certificate Program Requirements  (15 Units)

Required Course (3 units)

  • L93 IPH 590 "Digital Humanities in the Classroom" (3 units)
    • This includes assisting in a course from the DASH core (see "Course Descriptions") or in L93 IPH 3123 "Introduction to Digital Humanities"
    • Note: this is NOT an MTE. Graduate Students taking this course must contact IPH staff to be added to the Canvas and course pages.

DASH Core: (at least 3 units and up to 7 units)

  • L93 IPH 530 "Data Manipulation for the Humanities" (1 unit)
  • L93 IPH 531 "Statistics for Humanities" (3 units)
  • L93 IPH 532 "Programming for Text Analysis" (3 units)

DASH Pedagogy (at least 2 units or up to 6 units)

  • L93 IPH 599 "Internship in Digital Humanities" (1-6 units)
    • This course may be repeated for up to 6 credits. Students intern on a faculty Digital Humanities research project either during the academic year or in summer through the Humanities Digital Workshop

Electives: Remaining units selected from Elective Courses (more to be added to this list as they present themselves)
*Please note: As of Fall 2023: Graduate students must use the 500+ designation of each course to count for program credit per Office of Graduate Studies (OGS) requirements. See DASH Program Director for details.

See "Course Descriptions" on the Minor in DASH page for the updated list and the following:

  • E81 CSE 501N "Introduction to Computer Science"
  • E81 CSE 502N "Data Structures and Algorithms"
  • L15 Drama 453* "Experiential Design for Immersive Media"
  • L15 Drama 506 "Topics in Contemporary Arts Research: Famous Stories, Digital Technology, and Critical Making"
  • L81 EALC 530 (L53 Film 5430) "Topics in Chinese Media Culture: Charting Identity in the Digital Age"
  • L14 E Lit 5110 (L16 Comp Lit 520B) "Topics in English and American Literature: Predicting a Bestseller: Computational Approaches to Publishing Trends"
  • L14 E Lit 523 (L98 ACS 5233) "The 20th Century: Critical Making"
  • L53 Film 5425 "Seminar in Video Games, Gender, and Sexuality"
  • L22 History 5887 "Advanced Seminar: Digital Frontiers in History"
  • L93 IPH 525 "Humanities By the Numbers: Essential Readings in Digital Humanities"
  • L93 IPH 598W "The Spenser Lab"
  • L87 SDS 5111 "Experimental Design"