The Cultural Analytics Certificate curriculum begins with an introductory course that surveys the full range of current research methods in the field, so that students are aware of the different techniques they can apply to their own research questions. This survey is followed by two electives selected from a list of courses that represent the distinct methodological emphases in the field, giving students a chance to gain a solid understanding of the conceptual and technical material they need to master.

The concluding experience is a practicum in which students complete a research project for the dissertation, thesis, or culminating event. The workshop is overseen by staff from the Scholars Studio of Temple Libraries. This facility has both the equipment and the technical expertise to guide students in the process of completing their projects, and the workshop format gives all participating students a community to work with during the process.

Because this final project is intended as part of their graduate program, students are required to work closely with their academic adviser. Both the practicum director and academic adviser must assign a passing grade to the final project for successful completion of the certificate program.

Certificate Courses

Required Core Courses

• CLA 5019 -- Introduction to Cultural Analytics

• HIST 51521 -- Digital History

• MMC 9087 -- Cultural Analytics Practicum

Note: Students can choose between CLA 5019 or History 51521. All students must take MMC 9087. For MMC 9087, students enrolled in a degree program register for the zero-credit Practicum through the Certificate administrator. Non-matriculated students must find a faculty sponsor and enroll for 1 credit in Independent Study or Directed Research to participate in the Practicum.

Electives

Electives are grouped by focal area, and while it is preferable to specialize within a focal area you can select any two of the following to satisfy certificate requirements.

Data Visualization

• GUS 5073 -- Geovisualization (has prerequisites) 

• GAD 5078 -- The Art of Infographics

Mapping

• GUS 5062 -- Fundamentals of GIS

• GUS 8065 -- Cartographic Design

Programming

• CIS 5015 -- Scripting for Sciences and Business

• CIS 5016 -- Accelerated Data Subjects and Objects

Research Design

• SOC 9211 -- Graduate Data Analysis (has prerequisites) 

• MMC 9206 -- Digital Qualitative Research Methods

• ARCH 9580 -- Special Topics in Site and Context (Content varies; requires approval of certificate program director)

Social Media

• MMC 9700 -- Advanced Topic/MMC I (Content varies; requires approval of certificate program director)

• MMC 9735 -- Emerging Media and Communication

• MMC 9749 -- Social Media Analytics

Statistics

• EDUC 5325 -- Introduction to Statistics and Research

• SOC 8211 -- Inferential and Multivariate Statistics 

Textual Data

• ENG 5401 -- Digital Research Methods

• REL 5801 -- Foundations in Digital Humanities for the Study of Religion

Virtual Environments

• ARCH 5011 -- Graduate Representation Intensive 1

• ARCH 5012 -- Graduate Representation Intensive 2

• ARCH 8133 -- Arch Research Seminar 3 (Content varies; requires approval of certificate program director)