Become a Digital Scholar
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Create - Digital projects and analyses through a wide range of technologies and methods
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Critique - How digital technologies are changing the way we do research and think about the world
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Connect - With like-minded students, staff, and faculty from across the College of Arts and Letters
Declare the Minor
You can declare the minor through MyMadison. Some courses may be counted for credit retroactively.
Requirements
The minor is 18 credits and includes courses from across the College of Arts and Letters. There is one required course: DS 101 Foundations in Digital Studies. This course can be taken at any point in the minor, but earlier is better. The full list of courses will be available in the 2025-2026 Course Catalog.
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Courses
| Semester | Instructor | Contact | Department | Course Name | Course Code |
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| Fall 2026 | Burgers, Johannes | Contact | Digital Studies | Foundations in Digital Studies | DS 101 |
| Fall 2026 | Hu, Di | Contact | Anthropology | Andean Archaeology | ANTH 303 |
| Fall 2026 | TBA | Contact | Anthropology | Spatial Analysis for Social Research | ANTH 410 |
| Fall 2026 | Ross, Courtney Murray | Contact | English | Advanced Studies in African American Literature | ENG 408 |
| Fall 2026 | Witmer, Andrew | Contact | History | Workshop in Public and Local History | HIST 438 |
| Fall 2026 | Watkins, Case | Contact | Justice Studies | Mapping Justice | JUST 339 |
| Fall 2026 | Marsh, Mallory | Contact | SCOM | Feminist Blogging | SCOM 301 |
| Fall 2026 | Zheng, Nan | Contact | SMAD | New Media and Society | SMAD 470 |
| Fall 2026 | Dobransky, Kerry | Contact | Sociology | Digital Inequality | SOCI 328 |
| Fall 2026 | Galarreta, Diana | Contact | World Languages and Cultures | Spanish for Medical Professionals I | SPAN 365 |
| Fall 2026 | Galarreta, Diana | Contact | World Languages and Cultures | Spanish for Medical Professionals II | SPAN 475 |
| Fall 2026 | Crow, Angela | Contact | WRTC | Usability Experience | WRTC 456 |
Courses for Spring 2027 will be posted by mid-Fall 2026