In Digital Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities, students learn to explore research questions using digital tools and methods, and develop a critical understanding of the possibilities and limitations of the digital world and our knowledge economy (including ethical issues related to information technology). They also learn the technical skills and standards required to produce a scholarly digital project, and how to manage risks and issues. Arising in the 1980s, Digital Humanities responded to the increasingly digital nature of scholarship and culture. It is a highly interdisciplinary subject as well as being strongly connected to the world outside academia, in particular the digital cultural heritage sector associated with galleries, art galleries, libraries and museums.

UC Digital Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities students have the opportunity to engage in work-integrated experiences throughout their studies, where they learn how to scope and manage a project, collaborate in teams, manage stakeholders and communicate effectively; all attributes that are highly valued in knowledge workers. Graduates with digital practice experience have a blend of transferable and 21st century applied skills, making them well suited to work in all new media and digital industries, but especially ones requiring a blend of analytical and technical aptitude. Graduates are candidates for work in research, relationship management, business analysis within the creative and cultural heritage sector, digital archiving, project management, and the mainstream (non-digital) creative and cultural heritage sectors. You will be particularly suited to policy analysis positions related to technology and culture, and any position that requires communication across technical and non-technical teams.