The Computers and the Humanities Program (CHum Program) was established by the College of Humanities at Brigham Young University to offer courses on the use of computer technology in humanities disciplines. The Program is jointly supported by the Department of Linguistics and English Language and the Humanities Technology and Research Support Center.
CHum courses are primarily designed to complement and supplement the students' major programs. CHum 200, Basic Humanities Computing Skills, is geared to all majors in the College and is recommended by many departments. The CHum 210/310 Instructional Applications Programming courses are popular electives for teaching majors, particularly in foreign language and TESOL. Students with interests in writing and editing enjoy CHum 230/330, Print Publishing, while those interested in programming find CHum 220/222 Linguistic/Humanities Computing Programming attractive. CHum 240 and 260 are foundation courses for quantitative research work.
For students that want to pursue a formal academic minor, the CHum Program offers two intersecting minors. The “Humanities Computing Minor” emphasizes a broader application of computers to teaching, publishing and research in humanities disciplines, while the “Linguistics Computing Minor” has a more technical, computational linguistics orientation.
The CHum Program is staffed by faculty members from the Department of Linguistics and English Language and the Humanities Technology and Research Support Center, supplemented from other departments and campus agencies.