Undergraduate Minor

The Minor in Digital Studies in the Arts and Humanities is administered by the College of Arts and Letters and is available as an elective to students who are enrolled in bachelor’s degree programs at Michigan State University.

Digital Studies in the Arts and Humanities encompasses both the study of culture using digital methods and the study of digital culture itself. In this program, students use and critique the digital tools and practices that permeate everyday life. Students access, understand, and create the arts and humanities through the digital.

In this minor, students will develop knowledge, skills, and experiences that will help them make change in a world that is entangled with the digital in complex and layered ways. Digital Studies in the Arts and Humanities students are effective global and local citizens with the flexibility, critical thinking, and other skills vital to today's world. 

Experiential learning is integrated into course work throughout this minor, culminating in a capstone experience that focuses on exposure to professionals and prepares students to consider how they will apply their study after graduation. The minor also offers students flexibility to integrate their digital studies course work with their major and other areas of study. 

Students interested in completing the requirements for the Minor in Digital Studies in the Arts and Humanities must consult with the minor advisor, and may also wish to contact their academic advisor in their primary major.

Requirements for the Minor in Digital Studies in the Arts and Humanities

The student must complete a minimum of 15 credits from the following:

1.			The following core courses (6 credits):
			DH	285	Introduction to Digital Studies in the Arts and Humanities						3
			DH	340	Digital Studies in Practice						3
2.			Complete a minimum of 6 credits in digital studies courses approved in advance by the Digital Studies in the Arts and Humanities undergraduate advisor. Courses with the DH course code count as electives toward the minor without additional advisor approval.
3.			A capstone course or other experience (3 credits):
			DH	450	Digital Studies Capstone						3
			DH	493	Digital Studies Internship						3
			Another study abroad program, internship or portfolio seminar with a significant digital component, or documented work on a digital studies in the arts and humanities project or in a digital studies in the arts and humanities unit may be used to fulfill this requirement if approved in advance by the Digital Studies in the Arts and Humanities undergraduate advisor.