Study programme	Digital Humanities
Higher Education Institution	Riga Technical University
Study field	Information Technology, Computer Hardware, Electronics, Telecommunications, Computer Management, and Computer Science

Code of the study programme in accordance with the Latvian Education Classification	45482
EQF/LQF Level	7
Study Programme Type	Akadēmiskā izglītība (maģistra grāds), īstenojama pēc bakalaura vai profesionālā bakalaura grāda ieguves. Studiju ilgums pilna laika studijās viens–divi gadi. Kopējais pilna laika studiju ilgums vismaz pieci gadi
Study programme (short name)	Academic master study programme
Thematic group	Datoru lietošana
ISCED code	0611
ISCED	Datoru lietošana
Credit points	120
Degree to be acquired	Master Degree of Natural Sciences in Digital Humanities
Qualification to be obtained	–
Study type and form	Full time studies
Study lenght	2 years
Language	english

Licence number	04051-175
Licence date	22.08.2017
Licenced till

Accreditation page number	Netiek izsniegta
Accreditation date	29.11.2023
Accreditation duration (in years)	6
Accreditation till	30.11.2029

Upon completion of the academic Master study program "Digital Humanities" graduates are:
• able to demonstrate advanced knowledge and understanding in the field of digital humanities;
• able to recognize and compare different digital humanities theories, sociological macro and micro theories, and apply these theories in empirical data analysis;
• able to use a range of knowledge management technologies: information transmission, storage and processing technologies, to identify and structure elements of e-content and knowledge management;
• able to work across various disciplines performing a range of multidisciplinary tasks (information mining, information architecture, content management, contextualization, web document creation, teleworking, business applications of social networks, terminotics, internet marketing, culture studies, etc.);
• able to develop and improve different types of e-models for resolving context-based tasks, including e-commerce, e-project management, e-learning content; employ and manage technologies and applications, as well as evaluate e-model application possibilities and mechanisms for their quality assessment and improvement;
• able to use methods of natural language processing and heuristically informed search algorithms;
• able to develop and manage interdisciplinary projects according to the provided guidelines;
• able to design, improve and assess multimedia models through interdisciplinary prism of humanities, engineering, social, cultural and natural science processes;
• able to digitalize different types of textual data;
• able to process audio and video data, conduct research considering data representation, visualization, archiving, and transfer operations;
• able to use the acquired technical skills in solving interlingual communication related problems in general and professional contexts;
• able to efficiently apply text formation theory skills and demonstrate basic skills of proofreading and copyediting;
• able to independently use digital humanities theoretical concepts, methods and problem-solving skills to conduct research in the field of IT, e-learning content development, language technologies, gameficiation, edutainment, interdisciplinary andragogy, cognitive linguistics, etc.;
• able to conduct scientific research and compile research reports within the framework of the chosen module;
• able to independently make decisions within own scope of responsibilities;
• able to evaluate the relevance of one’s own professional competences and skills to the occupational standard and the requirements of the international labor market;
• able to work according to the principles of professional ethics.