{"id":7049,"date":"2023-08-17T17:44:09","date_gmt":"2023-08-17T17:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/studio\/pdh-certificate-2\/"},"modified":"2025-08-27T20:48:44","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T20:48:44","slug":"pdh-certificate","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/studio\/pdh-certificate\/","title":{"rendered":"Public Digital Humanities Certificate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Public Digital Humanities certificate is a dynamic and creative hands-on, 12-semester-hour program that helps graduate students develop digital scholarly skills for use within and beyond academia. The certificate is available to graduate degree students across the University\u2014<strong><em>regardless of their familiarity with digital humanities<\/em><\/strong>\u2014and provides a foundation in theories, methods, and major debates in DH. The program provides small classroom, lab, and individually-guided training as students explore the expansive nature of digital humanities.<\/p>\n<p>The flexibility of the certificate curriculum helps students, their advisors, and department heads work together to identify an effective plan of study for students <em>en route<\/em> to their degree objective. Students may pursue basic training in an array of digital methods or choose to focus their efforts in a particular area of digital practice: GIS, data visualization, textual analysis, podcasting, digital archiving, and digital exhibits.\u00a0 We encourage those pursuing the certificate to take DH courses in their home departments or in cognate fields in order to deepen and diversify their research, pedagogical, and public humanities approaches.<\/p>\n<p>If you have questions about the certificate you can contact Donna Brooks, Director, Digital Scholarship &amp; Publishing Studio.<\/p>\n<p>Ongoing news and updates about the certificate and its students can be found on the <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/studio\/\">Studio blog<\/a>. And certificate students are invited to join the <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.its.uiowa.edu\/dispatch\/subscriptionLists\/1239380791\/signup\">Studio&#8217;s mailing list<\/a> to stay up-to-date on the latest workshops, fellowships, grant opportunities, and more.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"accordion faq-group pdh-certificate\" role=\"tablist\" aria-multiselectable=\"false\">\r\n\t<h4 role=\"none\" id=\"accordion-heading-1706\" class=\"accordion__heading\"><button role=\"tab\" class=\"accordion__button\" aria-selected=\"false\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"single-select-1706\">Applying<img decoding=\"async\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" src=\"\/includes\/icons\/svg\/black\/chevron-up.svg\" \/><\/button><\/h4>\r\n\t<div id=\"single-select-1706\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-heading-1706\" class=\"accordion__content\" role=\"tabpanel\"><p>While there is no formal application for the Public Digital Humanities certificate, students must be in good standing in their degree programs in order to pursue and complete the certificate. Certificate students are required to complete a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/studio\/files\/2023\/08\/Student-Advisor-Agreement-2023.pdf\">Student Advisor Agreement form<\/a>. This form documents the student\u2019s intent to pursue the graduate certificate and has a faculty advisor who is in support of that effort.<\/p>\n<p>Students should also make use of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/studio\/files\/2025\/04\/Certificate-Tracking-Form.pdf\">Certificate Tracking form<\/a>, which will help them track their progress through the 12 semester hours of credit needed to complete the certificate.<\/p>\n<p>Both forms should be submitted to the Studio&#8217;s Program Manager as soon a decision to pursue the certificate is made.<\/p>\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t<h4 role=\"none\" id=\"accordion-heading-1705\" class=\"accordion__heading\"><button role=\"tab\" class=\"accordion__button\" aria-selected=\"false\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"single-select-1705\">Advisory Board<img decoding=\"async\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" src=\"\/includes\/icons\/svg\/black\/chevron-up.svg\" \/><\/button><\/h4>\r\n\t<div id=\"single-select-1705\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-heading-1705\" class=\"accordion__content\" role=\"tabpanel\"><p>The certificate advisory board consists of faculty and staff with DH backgrounds who help advise students and guide the ongoing development of the certificate.<\/p>\n<p>Bj\u00f6rn Anderson, Associate Professor, Department of Art &amp; Art History<\/p>\n<p>Micah Bateman, Assistant Professor, School of Library &amp; Information Sciences<\/p>\n<p>Sarah Bond, Associate Professor, Departments of Classics and History<\/p>\n<p>Robert Cargill, Associate Professor, Departments of Classics and Religious Studies<\/p>\n<p>Paul Dilley, Associate Professor &amp; DEO, Departments of Classics and Religious Studies<\/p>\n<p>Stephen Voyce, Associate Professor, Department of English<\/p>\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t<h4 role=\"none\" id=\"accordion-heading-1686\" class=\"accordion__heading\"><button role=\"tab\" class=\"accordion__button\" aria-selected=\"false\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"single-select-1686\">Certificate Curriculum<img decoding=\"async\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" src=\"\/includes\/icons\/svg\/black\/chevron-up.svg\" \/><\/button><\/h4>\r\n\t<div id=\"single-select-1686\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-heading-1686\" class=\"accordion__content\" role=\"tabpanel\"><p>The certificate requires that all students take one introductory course (<a href=\"https:\/\/myui.uiowa.edu\/my-ui\/courses\/details.page?ci=172214&amp;id=1045993\">CLAS:7290<\/a> Digital Humanities Theory and Practice) and complete a capstone experience (<a href=\"https:\/\/myui.uiowa.edu\/my-ui\/courses\/details.page?ci=171707&amp;id=1044128\">GRAD:6590<\/a> Digital Humanities Capstone). Between those two courses, students fill the certificate requirements by selecting from an array of electives. In this way students may customize the curriculum to their disciplinary or technical needs.<\/p>\n<h3>Required Courses<\/h3>\n<p>CLAS:7290: Digital Humanities Theory and Practice.<br \/>\nGRAD:6590: Digital Humanities Capstone<\/p>\n<h3>Electives<\/h3>\n<p>Faculty members and students may also petition for new electives via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/studio\/elective-petition\/\">this form<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Please visit the Graduate College&#8217;s PDH Certificate page for the most <a href=\"https:\/\/catalog.registrar.uiowa.edu\/graduate-college\/public-digital-humanities\/certificate\/\">up-to-date course offerings<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Sample Curricula (by discipline)<\/h3>\n<p><em>English<\/em><br \/>\nCLAS:7290: Digital Humanities Theory and Practice<br \/>\nENGL:6080: New Media Poetics<br \/>\nENGL 3182: Digital Cultures and Literacies<br \/>\nGRAD:6590 Digital Humanities Capstone<\/p>\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t<h4 role=\"none\" id=\"accordion-heading-1764\" class=\"accordion__heading\"><button role=\"tab\" class=\"accordion__button\" aria-selected=\"false\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"single-select-1764\">Fall 2025 Electives<img decoding=\"async\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" src=\"\/includes\/icons\/svg\/black\/chevron-up.svg\" \/><\/button><\/h4>\r\n\t<div id=\"single-select-1764\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-heading-1764\" class=\"accordion__content\" role=\"tabpanel\"><p>The following are electives approved for the upcoming semester:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/myui.uiowa.edu\/my-ui\/courses\/details.page?ci=168163&amp;id=1047123\">CINE:4620 Topics in Film Form, Style, and Theory<\/a>, 11:00A-12:15 TTh, E238 AJB, Screening &#8211; 2:30P-5:00P M, E105 AJB<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/myui.uiowa.edu\/my-ui\/courses\/details.page?ci=168324&amp;id=1045295\">HIST:6002 Intro to Graduate Studies in History<\/a>, 3:30P-6:15P M, 143 SH<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/myui.uiowa.edu\/my-ui\/courses\/details.page?ci=168531&amp;id=1046078\">JMC:6333 Seminar In Media Communication<\/a>, 2:30P-5:00P Th, E254 AJB<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/myui.uiowa.edu\/my-ui\/courses\/details.page?ci=151163&amp;id=1047681\">SLIS:6140 Academic User Services &amp; Technology<\/a>, 1:00P-3:45P M, 3083 LIB<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/myui.uiowa.edu\/my-ui\/courses\/details.page?ci=171773&amp;id=1044986\">SLIS:6350 Archives: Theory and Practice<\/a>, 1:00P-3:30P Th, Online<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/myui.uiowa.edu\/my-ui\/courses\/details.page?ci=160007&amp;id=1043095\">WLLC:5000 Teaching and Learning Languages<\/a>, 12:30P-1:45P TTh, B60 PBSB<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t<h4 role=\"none\" id=\"accordion-heading-1861\" class=\"accordion__heading\"><button role=\"tab\" class=\"accordion__button\" aria-selected=\"false\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"single-select-1861\">Spring 2026 Electives<img decoding=\"async\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" src=\"\/includes\/icons\/svg\/black\/chevron-up.svg\" \/><\/button><\/h4>\r\n\t<div id=\"single-select-1861\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-heading-1861\" class=\"accordion__content\" role=\"tabpanel\"><p>Check back soon for a listing of approved electives for Spring 2026!<\/p>\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t<h4 role=\"none\" id=\"accordion-heading-1721\" class=\"accordion__heading\"><button role=\"tab\" class=\"accordion__button\" aria-selected=\"false\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"single-select-1721\">FAQ<img decoding=\"async\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" src=\"\/includes\/icons\/svg\/black\/chevron-up.svg\" \/><\/button><\/h4>\r\n\t<div id=\"single-select-1721\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-heading-1721\" class=\"accordion__content\" role=\"tabpanel\"><p><strong>How much about digital technology do I need to know to pursue this certificate?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>None! Everyone has to start somewhere and there\u2019s an array of faculty and staff on campus who can help you find your footing. Come talk to us in the Studio!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Do I have to apply to the certificate program?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Not in the traditional sense. You need to be in good standing within your degree program. And if you decide to pursue the certificate you\u2019ll have to fill out a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/studio\/files\/2023\/08\/Student-Advisor-Agreement-2023.pdf\">Student Advisor Agreement form<\/a> and have a look at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/studio\/files\/2023\/08\/Certificate-Tracking-Form.pdf\">Certificate Tracking form<\/a>. You\u2019ll also want to chat with the Senior Scholar for Digital Arts &amp; Humanities Research (who directs the certificate), or the Studio Head or Studio Program Manager.<\/p>\n<p>All students are invited to take CLAS:7290 Digital Humanities Theory and Practice as they desire. Come find out if DH appeals to you!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Can courses be retroactively added to the certificate?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yes! The curriculum (typically four courses) recommends you start with CLAS:7290, but you are more than welcome to identify courses previously taken that may serve as electives.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Is the certificate stand-alone or does it have to be part of an advanced degree?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>At this point the certificate can only be taken by students who are working towards an advanced degree (MA, MFA, PhD, etc.) at The University of Iowa.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How long will it take to complete the certificate?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The certificate requires 12 semester hours of work. So time to completion will vary for each student and will depend on many factors, including your progression in your other degree program. That said, be sure to talk with your advisor early and often about your options.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Can the capstone be completed in conjunction with other courses?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Possibly. While all other coursework in the certificate should be completed before pursuing the capstone experience (which is offered every semester), the capstone can dovetail with ongoing research or look ahead to future projects. The idea of the capstone is to draw on the growing wealth of experience you have developed in your previous coursework and point it towards your professional objectives. If you\u2019re worried about overdoing it in a given semester talk with your advisor and the Studio Program Manager about your options.<\/p>\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Public Digital Humanities certificate is a dynamic and creative hands-on, 12-semester-hour program that helps graduate students develop digital scholarly skills for use within and beyond academia. 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And certificate students are invited to join the Studio&#8217;s mailing list to stay up-to-date on the latest workshops, fellowships, grant opportunities, and more. &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"pagetpl-studio-home-uids.php","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/studio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7049"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/studio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/studio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/studio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/studio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7049"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/studio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7049\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7764,"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/studio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7049\/revisions\/7764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/studio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/studio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/studio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}