Undergraduate Program
Undergraduate opportunities at the intersections of humanities, data and computer science
The CDH enriches Princeton undergraduate scholarship by offering courses, supporting independent research, and providing training and employment opportunities.
Our flagship "Introduction to Digital Humanities" course is taught every year, and has served as the foundation for generations of Princeton undergrads who want to integrate the humanities and data or computer science.
Our staff and postdocs occasionally offer other courses on specific topics; keep an eye out for classes with the "CDH" course code.
Each spring, we award the prestigious Undergraduate Thesis Prize, which recognizes excellent undergraduate independent work in DH.
We occasionally offer internships and research assistantships that allow undergraduates to get involved in CDH projects.
Learn more about undergraduate opportunities by scheduling a consultation
Fall 2024 CDH courses
Offerings for undergraduate students
Undergraduate Courses in DH
Undergraduate courses that have been offered or cross-listed by the CDH.
Senior Thesis Prize
Awarded yearly to the most successful use of DH in a senior thesis
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Act I for Steven Feng ’27 🎭
6 August 2024
Steven explored Greek tragedy at the DH for Hellenic Studies Institute.
Senior Thesis Spotlight: Fernando Avilés-García used artificial intelligence to analyze Dante’s ‘Divine Comedy.’
13 July 2024
Fernando Avilés-García tackled 700-year-old literature with an innovative approach: building an artificially intelligent tool to analyze the language of Dante’s “Divine Comedy.”
Announcing the 2023 CDH Senior Thesis Prize Winner
30 May 2023
AnneMarie Caballero ’23 (Computer Science) was awarded this year’s prize for her project, “Gendered Topics: Boyhood and Girlhood in a Century of (Cotsen) Children’s Literature.”
Combining Interests in Problem-Solving and Creativity
10 July 2023
An interview with AnneMarie Caballero ’23 (Computer Science), winner of the 2023 CDH Senior Thesis Prize
Congratulations to the 2022 CDH Senior Thesis Prize Honorees!
21 May 2022
Jessica Lambert ’22 won this year’s prize, with Charlotte Root ’22 earning an honorable mention.
Announcing the 2021 CDH Senior Thesis Prize Winners
24 May 2021
Three members of the Class of 2021 earned recognition for their work in the interdisciplinary area between computer science and the humanities.
CDH Senior Thesis Prize Honors Outstanding Undergraduate Work
19 May 2020
Even with in-person commencement activities canceled, the staff at the Center for Digital Humanities (CDH) is gearing up to celebrate Princeton’s undergraduate class of 2020.
PPA Hosts Four Undergraduate Summer Interns
2 September 2021
A team of four undergraduates helped with metadata work essential for the Princeton Prosody Archive's new features, while undertaking independent research projects that advanced the PPA in a unique way.
Outstanding Undergrads in Digital Humanities: Nobline Yoo ’23
17 August 2022
Nobline’s project, “Building a Tool for Chronicling America,” won the Independent Work Award at the Center for Statistics and Machine Learning poster session.
From Logbook to Spreadsheet to . . . ?
5 December 2023
Princeton senior Brett Zeligson’s new system for automating data extraction promises to open up new pathways for research on a famous bookshop and lending library.
Literature as Data as a Trans-Disciplinary Experiment
3 May 2023
Team taught by Meredith Martin and Brian Kernighan, HUM 307 emerged as an idea for a truly cross-disciplinary course that sought to explore the intersection of humanities and computational methods.
Pursuing Digital Humanities After Graduation
11 March 2023
Former CDH Undergraduate Communications Assistant Matthew Choi Taitano ’20 is pursuing an M.A. in English and a Graduate Certificate in Digital Humanities at Northeastern University.
Machine Learning & the Future of Philology: A Student Perspective
10 January 2023
Kurt Lemai ’25 participated in the recent symposium, presenting as part of a panel called “Reading an Unreadable Sermon: AI Text Recognition in the Early Colonial Period.”
A COS Student in the Geniza Lab
16 November 2021
We asked Richard Cheng ’24 about his experiences working with the Princeton Geniza Project, the CDH’s current research partnership.
