Minor Requirements

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DiDa Requirements:

The Digital & Data Studies minor requires a total of 24 credits plus a statistics proficiency requirement. This is divided into 3 elective courses and 3 required courses. We recommend starting the minor with an elective offered by DiDa or introduction to programming.

DiDa minor is open to all students in Harpur College and CCPA.

At most 8 credits can be counted both towards a student's major (or another minors) and DiDa. Statistics courses are exempt from this restriction.

Electives: 12 credits

  • A master list of all electives can be found at this link. Electives offered in the upcoming semester are below.
  • At least one elective must be at the 300-level or above.
  • For students starting Fall '24 or later, two electives must be from the DiDa program itself (courses beginning with the DIDA rubric).*

Required Courses: 12 credits

These courses are offered every semester.

  • An Intro to Programming Course, generally HARP 150 - Intro to Coding (Python), which provides programming skills and lays the basis for computational thinking to liberal arts students. Students with prior programming experience can take HARP 151 instead. Students who have taken CS 110 may count that as their programming course. HARP 150 has no prerequisites.
  • A Methods Course: DIDA 325 - Data & Society, which provides students with experience in obtaining, analyzing, and visualizing real-world datasets from many different domains and then connects these practices to the realm of critical data studies. This course requires either Junior standing or one DIDA-rubric elective as a prerequisite.
  • A Capstone Course: A small, hands-on course, which focuses on project-based learning. These must be taken after completing other DiDa coursework. Both the programming requirement and DIDA 325 are required to take a capstone course.
    All DIDA 400-level courses count as a capstone course:
    • DIDA 425 - Digital Inquiry & Practice is a research-focused capstone, best for students who have a specific topic they want to study in depth.
    • DIDA 426 - Community Practice pairs students with community partners in the Binghamton area to work on a project.
    • DIDA Independent Study - In some cases, students may count an approved internship as their capstone experience. You must contact the capstone coordinator (currently Dr. Haller) before your internship to get it approved. Students will then take 2 credits of CDCI 395 concurrently, and a 2-credit independent study when they are ready to complete the capstone.

Statistics Proficiency:

Students are required to demonstrate proficiency is basic statistics as part of training in basic data analysis.

  • This requirement may be satisfied through coursework at Binghamton University or another institution.
  • Or through a certificate of completion of an 8-week online course

Sample Capstone Projects (by major)

Explore examples of possible paths that students can follow depending on their major