Program Description
The Ad hoc听Master of Arts (M.A.) in Digital Humanities (DH)听offered by the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures in the Faculty of Arts offers a 2-year, thesis-based MA degree in Digital Humanities with a flexible, interdisciplinary curriculum that allows students to take courses across faculties, departments, and disciplines to support their DH research objectives. Students in this program examine the theoretical and practical foundations for working in Digital Humanities, discussing core research questions, and receiving supervised training in requisite skills, such as coding, text mining, visual mapping, web analytics, and critical data analysis.
Keywords: digital humanities, cultural analytics, text mining, coding, visual mapping, critical data analysis
Unique Program Features
- Students may specialize in literature, intellectual history, film, media, and/or digital humanities;
- Students benefit from the opportunity to spend time abroad in Germany and Austria and take part in conference and workshop organization.听
- The Department is connected with notable facilities and resources, including the Moving Image Research Laboratory;
- Upon graduation many students are trilingual or even quadrilingual and go on to pursue careers in various cultural and economic branches in Europe.
University-Level Admissions Requirements
- An eligible Bachelor's degree with a minimum 3.0 GPA out of a possible 4.0 GPA
- English-language proficiency
Each program has specific admission requirements including required application documents. Please visit the program website for more details.
Visit our Educational credentials and grade equivalencies and English language proficiency webpages for additional information.
Program Website
Ad hoc MA in Digital Humanities website
Department Contact
Graduate Program info.llcu [at] mcgill.ca (subject: MA%20in%20German) (email)
Available Intakes
Fall
Winter
Application Deadlines
| Intake | Applications Open | Application Deadline - International | Application Deadline - Domestic (Canadian, Permanent Resident of Canada) |
|---|---|---|---|
| FALL | September 15 | January 6 | January 6 |
| WINTER | February 15 | August 1 | September 15 |
| SUMMER | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Note: Application deadlines are subject to change without notice. Please check the application portal for the most up-to-date information.