An interdisciplinary master's and doctoral program dedicated to nurturing and fostering talented individuals with combined expertise in engineering and humanities, as well as those equipped with digital analytics capabilities aimed at addressing issues related to humanity, society, and art, where promising scholars who have earned master’s or doctoral degrees in humanities or social sciences from renowned universities, at home or abroad, can enhance their competence in computational technologies, including the handling of big data
Master’s and Doctoral Program
Government-funded Scholarship
KAIST Scholarship
General Scholarship Students
Master’s and Doctoral Degree in Engineering
Type | Mandatory General Courses | Mandatory Major Courses | Elective Major Courses | Research Courses | Total |
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Master's Program | 3 | 6 | 15 credits or more (Designated: 6 credits or more, Advanced: 3 credits or more) |
9 credits or more (including 3 seminar credits) |
33 credits or more |
Doctoral Program | 3 | 6 | 27 credits or more (Designated: 12 credits or more, Advanced: 9 credits or more) |
30 credits or more | 66 credits or more |
This program comprises the three major tracks of Digital Humanities (DH), Computational Social Science (CSS), Linguistics & Psychological Science under the Graduate School of Digital Humanities and Computational Social Sciences.
DH Digital Humanities, CSS Computational Social Science, LPS Linguistics & Psychological Science
The program aims to cultivate the skills necessary for converging and utilizing knowledge of the humanities and social sciences with digital/computing/artificial intelligence technologies through common methodologies and intensive methodology courses for each major track as well as intensive courses on research topics in the major track, alongside project and seminar courses.
Course | Overview |
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Introduction to Digital Humanities and Computational Social Sciences | Understand how various topics in the humanities and social sciences are researched using digital information and data analysis technology, learning about the characteristics and trends in the digital humanities and social sciences |
Programming for Humanities and Social Science Research | Obtain programming and computational thinking skills required for conducting digital humanities and social sciences research. Practice using R and Python to solve various problems in the humanities and social sciences |
Course | Overview |
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Humanities, Social Sciences and Database Theory | Metadata processing, database building and management for digital humanities and social sciences |
Humanities, Social Sciences and Natural Language Processing | Theory and practice of natural language processing methods (Bert, GPT etc.) related to digital humanities and social sciences |
Humanities, Social Sciences and Machine Learning | Theory and practice of machine learning related methodologies (regression analysis, kernel function, deep learning etc.) for digital humanities and social sciences |
Data Science for Humanities and Social Sciences | Learn methods for collecting and organizing big data for the humanities and social sciences, and skills for effective data clustering and visualization |
Statistical Theory and Practice for Humanities and Social Science Research | Learn various statistical methodologies for analyzing humanities and social science data and practice using statistical programs in data analysis |
Network Analysis Theory and Practice | Understand and practice network analysis in social science through the exploration of relationships and centrality in networks |
Experimental Research Methodology for Humanities and Social Sciences | Experiment techniques, design, data analysis to understand experimental methodologies in the humanities and social sciences (e.g. behavioral observation, online experiments, experiments to measure physiological response) |
Course | Overview |
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Special Topics in Digital Humanities | Intensively learn and analyse in digital humanities for various types of content such as literature, history, and classics and propose digital humanities research topics |
Data-based Narratology | Learn theory for understanding narratives in the digital age and practice narrative analysis and evaluation based on data |
Humanity in the AI Era | Humanities-based analysis and reflection on humans and humanity in the AI era. Vision for humanity and civilization in the post-AI era and proposals for sustainable development |
Quantitative Analysis of Text | Advanced quantitative analysis of text in the field of humanities. In particular, practice quantitative text analysis on literary text character structures, emotions, topic modelling, etc. |
Spatial Reproduction and Digital Study of History | Focusing on the visual reproduction of historical changes to a space based on primary sources, exploring methodologies in digital history studies, and practice in online themed archive building |
Course | Overview |
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Special Topics in Computational Social Science | Discuss various social science issues and propose, design, and execute projects based on these discussions |
Big Data, AI & Society | Learn key technologies related to big data and human society, discussing the associated moral, ethical and legal issues |
Human-Computer Communication | Explore the active co-existence and communication between human and computers and discuss potential applications |
Computational Social Science Research Using Environmental Energy Data | Learn applied theories in big data analysis and practice using big data from real world environmental energy |
‘Social Issue’ Studies: Theory and Methods | Explore traditional research questions and issues in social science through theories and methodologies |
Contemporary Computational Social Sciences | Read the latest papers on computational social sciences, exploring research topics and methodologies |
Computing Analysis of Social Processes | Understand trends in computing analysis of social processes such as social interactions and formation of culture, as well as key limitations |
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Special Topics in Linguistics & Psychological Science | Learn advanced research topics and methodologies in linguistics and psychological science. Project proposal and execution included. |
Cognitive Science and its Applications | Understand the characteristics of cognitive processes (perception, attention, memory, selection, decision-making etc.) through multi-disciplinary approaches, exploring possibilities in actualizing creative artifacts |
Music and Cognitive Science | Learn the cognitive processing of musical elements such as rhythm and pitch, with an introduction to related research |
Language and Cognition | Explore the linguistic and cognitive processes occurring in the language production and comprehension in various communicative situations, and learn related research |
Art Analysis through Brain Information Processing | Grounded on common properties in neuroscience, psychology, cognitive science, and neuroesthetics, explore the complex relationship between science and art from a transdisciplinary perspective |
Data Science and Linguistic Culture | Analyze language based on big data and AI to investigate the relationship between language and culture. Understand various sociocultural elements in language using sociolinguistic perspective |
AI and Human Learning | Learn theories on human learning and language acquisition processes. Attempt a psychological approach to language learning. Explore applications such as language education using AI and computers |
Visual Cognition Computational Models | Explore computational models that can reflect the processes associated with vision and cognition |