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Teaching programmes

Teaching programmes that offer a humanities computing option or specialisation; to be distinguished from non-major courses, also known as "computer science for poets".

1. Computer Applications (CAPP), University of Notre Dame (U.S.) [X], a two-year "supplementary major" (within a four-year degree programme) that "strives to combine the diverse background of Arts and Letters with an understanding of how information technology can affect the way we live and the way we earn our living"; required courses in programming languages (2), statistics (1), computer ethics (1) and application problems (4).
2. Computer Science/Studies Program, Trent (Canada) [X], an interdisciplinary program combining course offerings in computer science, information and administrative systems, as well as digital culture and ideas; aims to encourage critical thinking, problem solving, collaborative work, design and creative expression; offers a variety of single-major and joint-major options available within both the four-year Honours and the three-year General degree programs.
3. Corso di laurea in Informatica umanistica, Pisa (Italy) [X], an interdisciplinary 3 year undergraduate academic programme resulting from the collaboration of the Faculty of Letters and the Department of Computer Science. It includes a complete degree in the humanities together with the related information processing technologies (basic computing and telematics, databases, information retrieval, computational linguistics, data analysis, website design, computer graphics, multimedia production, digital libraries, e-learning technologies).
4. Diplôme d'études spécialisées en documentation et sciences de l'information, Faculté de Philosophie et Lettres, Liège (Belgium) [X], "comprend trois orientations principales, à savoir 'sciences et métiers du livre', 'archivistique et sciences documentaires' et 'informatique appliquée aux études de philosophie et lettres'."
5. Humanities Computing at Leiden University, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Leiden (The Netherlands) [X], offers courses in computing in language and literature and in history and art history.
6. Humanities Information Technology, North London (U.K.) [X], an undergraduate academic programme offering Joint Honours or Minor Honours options. Level 1 consists of a broad introduction to the main issues and debates about the impact of information technology, complemented by the development of a range of practical and technical skills; levels 2 and 3 cover specialised topics and themes chiefly in the areas of computer science, cognitive science and cultural studies.
7. Informatics Certificate, Kentucky (U.S.) [X], graduate certificate program administered by a multidisciplinary committee of computer scientists and scholars in both the humanities and the sciences. Objective is to train graduate and professional-degree students in the uses of computational and information processing technology in their own fields. Specializations include humanities, linguistics, biology and health care.
8. Information Technology Programme, Faculty of Arts, York (Canada) [X], "housed in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics. The Programme aims to provide students with a sound education concerning modern computer technology and its uses, impacts and effects in our society. The unique multi-disciplinary core of the programme combines the applied aspects of computer systems with the historical, social and ethical contexts of computing and information processing."
9. Master of Arts in Humanities Computing, Faculty of Arts, Alberta (Canada) [X], a two-year Master of Arts degree in Humanities Computing. The program integrates computational methods and theories with research and teaching in the humanities.