加州大学洛杉矶分校（UCLA）计划于今年秋季设立全美首个数字人文系，并同步开设该领域的本科学位项目 1。该专业将历史、文学与全球文化等传统人文学科，同统计分析、编程、3D制图、数据可视化以及人工智能等现代技术工具结合起来，致力于培养学生的批判性思维并引导其合乎伦理地应用新技术 1。UCLA欧洲语言与跨文化研究教授Todd Presner是该系的共同创建牵头人 1。该本科学位项目源于校内已开设二十余年的数字人文辅修课程 1。目前，数字人文已是UCLA第二受欢迎的辅修专业，上一学年有750名本科生选修相关课程 1。据Alexandra Minna Stern预计，该专业最终将有50至100名学生主修，今年首批目标为40人 1。
在人员配置上，尽管UCLA当前处于招聘冻结状态，该系在启动时仍配备了23名教职人员（含讲师）和4名工作人员 1。同时，Wende Museum将为学生提供实习机会 1。美国国家学院与雇主协会调查显示，99%的招聘经理认为沟通与说服能力重要，但仅55%的应届毕业生在此项表现良好；约94%的招聘经理高度重视批判性思维，但仅约一半毕业生具备该能力；约75%的雇主高度重视适应新技术的能力，约65%的毕业生在此项胜任 1。与此同时，美国人文学科学位占比已降至历史低点，仅占授予学位的8%，近二十年前约为15% 1。Kedaar Sridhar于2022年从UCLA毕业，主修计算机科学、辅修数字人文，后联合创办人工智能平台Grantlytics 1。
The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is set to launch the nation's first Department of Digital Humanities and its corresponding undergraduate degree program this fall 1. The new major integrates traditional humanities subjects, such as history, literature, and global cultures, with technological tools including statistical analysis, programming, 3D modeling, data visualization, and artificial intelligence, aiming to cultivate students' critical thinking and ethical use of new technologies 1. Todd Presner, a UCLA professor of European languages and transcultural studies, co-led the establishment of the department 1. Alexandra Minna Stern anticipates that the program will eventually attract 50 to 100 majors, with an initial target of 40 students for the first cohort this year 1.
Digital humanities is already the second most popular minor at UCLA, drawing 750 undergraduate students to its courses during the previous academic year 1. The newly formed department will begin operations with 23 faculty members, including lecturers, and four staff members, despite an ongoing hiring freeze at the university 1. To provide practical experience, the Wende Museum will offer internship opportunities for the students 1. The program's interdisciplinary approach has already yielded success stories, such as Kedaar Sridhar, who graduated from UCLA in 2022 with a major in computer science and a minor in digital humanities before co-founding the AI platform Grantlytics 1.
The share of humanities degrees in the United States has dropped to a historic low of 8%, down from approximately 15% nearly two decades ago 1. Meanwhile, a National Association of Colleges and Employers survey indicates that 99% of hiring managers find communication and persuasion skills important, though only 55% of recent graduates perform well in this area 1. Additionally, about 94% of hiring managers highly value critical thinking, but only about half of the graduates possess it, while roughly 75% of employers emphasize the ability to adapt to new technologies, a skill in which only about 65% of graduates are competent 1.
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