Digital History Emphasis Area

Undergraduate

Clemson history majors have the option to enroll in a 15 credit undergraduate digital history emphasis area. Basic digital methods will increasingly be used by all historians and museum professionals and are relevant to many other fields. 

Digital history includes:

• developing and using online archives
• analyzing large amounts of data, such as census records
• studying interconnections using data visualization
• text searching and analysis
• working with historical images
• digital processing and storage of oral history interviews
• integrating historical data with maps (old and new) using geographical information systems
• presenting historical results and engaging larger audiences using web pages

Emphasis Area Curriculum: 

• STAT 2220 or 2300 or 3090 (meet mathematics general education requirement) or CPSC 1010 or 1060
• HIST 2150 - Introduction to Digital History
• GEOG 3100 - GIS for Humanities and Social Sciences
• At least 6 credits from HIST 3880 - Digital History Creative Inquiry and/or HIST 4150 - Topics in Digital History
  

Current Digital History Faculty:

Doug Seefeldt

Vernon Burton

Joshua Catalano

Pam Mack

William Terry

Archana Venkatesh