Master of Arts in Digital Humanities and Societies

A two-year program focusing on the study of digital technologies and their effect on aspects of human culture, with an emphasis on digital methods and trends and practices in digital culture.

The MA in Digital Humanities and Societies is a two-year program that allows participants to study the Middle East’s digital cultures from a scholarly and applied perspective.

Through the program, students are able to specialize as archival print scholars of Middle Eastern digital culture or as researchers trained to employ the powerful methodologies of the digital humanities to investigate practices, patterns and trends of digital culture.

The MA in Digital Humanities and Societies program welcomes applicants with an interest in digital cultures and digital humanities, including students who have recently graduated from an undergraduate program, entrepreneurs, project managers, and working specialists in IT, public relations, communications, libraries, media and cultural heritage backgrounds.

Graduates of the program are equipped to:

Contribute to cutting-edge theory and timely intellectual conversations about digital cultures in the Middle East and other regions.
Pursue careers in different fields such as higher education administration, library or cultural heritage organizations, research centers, communication, media and marketing firms, or digital start-ups.
Pursue advanced research at PhD level.

Structure:

Students are taught by faculty members of CHSS, who are leading scholars and researchers in their fields, or by distinguished visiting professors.
Students are introduced to professional activity through an internship at world-renowned professional institutions locally or internationally.

Curriculum:

A two-year, full-time program that requires 39 credits with three departmental core courses, three program core courses, three electives, an internship (or an independent research project), and a thesis. All courses are taught in English.

List of Courses:

Total of 39 credit hours

6 Core Courses (18 credit hours)

Code	Course
Code: DHS 621	Course: Approaches to Digital Humanities
Code: DHS 622	Course: Digital Communication and Media
Code: DHS 623	Course: Methods in Digital Humanities
Code: ME 611	Course: History, Politics and Cultures of the Middle East
Code: ME 613	Course: Social, Economic and Development Theory
Code: SS 612	Course: Research Methods

3 Elective Courses (9 credit hours)

Code	Course
Code: DHS 651	Course: Emerging Technologies and Applications
Code: DHS 652	Course: Digital Publishing and Design
Code: DHS 654	Course: Civil Society and Digital Activism
Code: DHS 655	Course: Exploring Digital Heritage Methods
Code: DHS 656	Course: Introduction to Human Language Technologies
Code: DHS 657	Course: Coding for Humanities
Code: DHS 658	Course: Digital Resources in the Humanities
Code: DHS 659	Course: Digital Innovation and Transformation
Code: DHS 660	Course: Digital Disinformation and Propaganda in the Middle East and North Africa
Code: DHS 661	Course: Digital Writing
Code: SS 600	Course: Thinking and Practicing Interdisciplinarity in the Humanities and the Social Sciences
Code: TSD 628	Course: Terminology
Code: WSD 653	Course: Gender and Digital Cultures
Code: WSD 662	Course: Women and Gender in the Literature and Cinema of the Middle East and North Africa

Internship or Project (3 credit hours)

Code Course

Code: DHS 691 Course: Internship

Or

Code Course

Code: DHS 669 Course: Independent Research Project
Thesis (9 credit hours)

Code Course

Code: DHS 695 Course: Master's Thesis Hours
Non-Course Requirements

Code Course

Code: 699 Course: Thesis Defense