What you will learn

The Digital Studies Certificate requires 12 credit hours that will earn you an impressive certification on your official transcript, separate from your diploma. You can choose from over 35 courses to create an individualized digital curriculum that will make you more marketable in your new career.

The program brings together academic departments from across campus, from the College of Engineering and Computing, the College of Information and Mass Communications, and the McCausland College of Arts and Sciences. Students have the opportunity to produce their own digital content and to critically assess the digital content they encounter. The program includes hands-on experiences that prepare students for their future careers while becoming more skilled at using digital technologies in their everyday lives.

Students engage in web design, video production, database management, computer networking, social media content design, data visualization and much more. 

Learn more about this certificate

Submit the enrollment form

 

Enroll anytime!

1. Complete the Enrollment Form.
2. We'll add the certificate to your curriculum in Banner and notify your academic advisor.
3. Complete 12 credit hours from the approved course list . We'll keep track of your progress in DegreeWorks.

 

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After you have completed all 12 credit hours

You should use the graduation application in Self Service Carolina to submit your certificate information:

1. Log into Self Service Carolina

2. Click the Student tab

3. Click Graduation

4. Click Apply to Graduate

5. Select Undergraduate Certificate from your list and click Continue.
   💡NOTE: If you completed more than one Interdisciplinary Undergraduate Certificate, you must submit the graduation application for each certificate.  

6. The application will ask you to confirm your graduation date, name, and address.

If you cannot select Undergraduate Certificate in Self Service Carolina because it is not listed, you must fill out the Current Term Candidacy Exception Request Form (AS-129E).

Enter the name of your undergraduate certificate in the field that asks, “With what degree are you attempting to apply to graduate?*” And submit the AS-129E again if you have completed more than one certificate.

 

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Requirements

Successfully completing 4 courses (12 credit hours) is generally all you need to do to earn a certificate - in addition to the following requirements:

• You must complete your certificate before or by the time you graduate.
• You must maintain a 1.99 GPA.
• Two of the four courses must be taken at the USC Columbia campus.
• All four courses must be earned with a grade of C or better.

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