MSc in Digital Scholarship

University of Oxford

About the course

This course introduces students to the full range of issues which arise when digital tools and methods are applied to traditional humanistic scholarship, and equips students with the tools and knowledge to surmount those challenges, enabling them to develop a digitally-enhanced scholarly project of their own.

The course will equip you to lead and manage digital projects in and outside the strictly academic domain, and provide you with the expertise to progress to innovative doctoral research projects.

Assessment
Paper 1

Elements of Digital Scholarship will be assessed by two essays, one due at the start of Hilary term and the other due at the start of Trinity Term.

Paper 2

Methods of Digital Scholarship (Technical Option Papers): the aim is for the student to obtain sufficient mastery of the specific digital tools and methods needed for their dissertation projects. These skills will be assessed by a practical test for each option.

Paper 3

The Subject-Specific Paper will follow the assessment regime determined by the convenor of the individual course selected by the student. This will normally be an essay submitted by the start of Trinity term.

Paper 4

The practicum placement is designed to offer each student the opportunity to join one of Oxford's flagship digital projects deploying innovative digital methods to teaching, research, or collections in the humanities. The specific team chosen will typically be the one most closely related to some aspect of your own dissertation project. The placement will be assessed by submission of a digital asset and short report due at the end of Trinity term.

Graduate destinations

As this is a new course, it is anticipated that graduates might typically go on into further research within the Humanities, or work in a cultural institution or creative industry. However, the themes covered and skills learned should prepare students for a wide range of jobs and industries; they will be ready to evaluate critically the challenges and opportunities of a digital society.