King's College London - Faculty of Arts & Humanities
MA in Digital Humanities
London, United Kingdom
DURATION
1 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time, Part time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
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EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2024
TUITION FEES
GBP 31,368 / per year **
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* first application deadline
** UK students: £12,468 per year | international students: £31,368 per year
Introduction
Our course in Digital Humanities brings digital theory and practice to the study of human culture: from history, English and music to museums, digital publishing and more. Digital technology provides many new opportunities and challenges to those working with textual, visual or multimedia content. Using critical theory, case studies and hands-on project-based exercises, our course studies the history and current state of digital knowledge production, exploring theoretical and practical challenges in modelling, curating, analysing and interpreting digital representations of human culture in all its forms, past and present.
Graduates of this course will potentially embark on professional careers in jobs requiring analytical-practical experience in a number of sectors including arts and the cultural sectors, digital media companies, publishing, government and public administration, international development, education, in media and communications globally as well as into marketing and public relations or journalism. They can also progress to PhD study.
Key benefits
- This course in a world-leading department is highly multidisciplinary and draws on a wide range of expertise in data-driven research, web technologies, digital publishing, open software and content creation, digital cultural heritage, coding in humanities/cultural contexts and maps, apps and the Geoweb.
- The course provides opportunities to scope, build and critique practical experiments in digital research with art, humanities, social sciences or cultural sector focus.
- The MA can lead to further research or to careers in cultural heritage institutions (such as museums, libraries, and archives), the creative and cultural sector, multimedia and new media companies, internet companies, publishing houses, and in web-based businesses in London and overseas.
Course essentials
In an age where so much of what we do is mobile, networked and mediated by digital culture and technology, digital humanities play an important role in exploring how we create and share knowledge.
Admissions
Curriculum
Structure
Required modules
You are required to take:
- Introduction to Digital Humanities 1 (30 credits)
- Introduction to Digital Humanities 2 (30 credits)
- Coding and the Humanities (15 credits)
- Dissertation (60 Credits)
Optional modules
In addition, you are required to take three modules totalling 45 credits from a list of options that may typically include:
- Curating & Preserving Digital Culture (15 credits)
- Communication & Consumption of Cultural Heritage (15 credits)
- Digital Storytelling (15 credits)
- Music and Sound in Digital Societies (15 credits)
- Artificial Intelligence & Society (15 credits)
- Web Technologies (15 credits)
- Global Digital Audiences (15 credits)
- Digital Innovation (15 credits)
- Digital Publishing (15 credits)
- Data Journalism (15 credits)
- Social Media, Marketing and Platforms (15 credits)
- Digital Asset and Media Management Technologies In Practice (15 credits)
- Management for Digital Content Industries (15 credits)
- Digital Media, Digital Marketing (15 credits)
Up to 30 credits from master’s modules offered in the Faculty of Arts & Humanities, subject to approval.
If you are a part-time student, you will take Introduction to Digital Humanities 1 & 2 and Coding and the Humanities in your first year, and your dissertation in your second.
King’s College London reviews the modules offered on a regular basis to provide up-to-date, innovative and relevant programmes of study. Therefore, the modules offered may change. We suggest you keep an eye on the course finder on our website for updates.
Please note that modules with a practical component will be capped due to educational requirements, which may mean that we cannot guarantee a place for all students who elect to study this module.
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
Employers are looking for skilled professionals with knowledge and expertise in applying digital methodologies to the study of human culture. Our MA responds to a demand for highly digital literate professionals in educational and heritage sectors, as well as in publishing, digital media and creative/cultural sectors.
Research managers and other professionals in cultural industries work with a wide variety of data, technologies and methodological approaches. A critical perspective, adaptability to change and the ability to get familiar with new technologies quickly are greatly valued skills.
Graduates of Digital Humanities have followed a number of different routes. Some have pursued careers in the academic and research sector, some have undertaken PhD studies, and some have found work in the cultural heritage industries, in publishing houses, in digital media/marketing companies or in other digital strategy positions in London and overseas.