Winter Quarter 2027 Course Offerings

TEXTUAL AND DIGITAL STUDIES
(COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES )

Enrollment and status (open/closed) were accurate when this page was created (12:03 am October 29, 2026) but may have changed since then. For current enrollment and status, check the Enrollment Summary. (UW NetID required.)

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TXTDS sections can fill quickly. If you are a minor in Textual Studies and Digital Humanities or planning to declare this minor, and would like to take one of the TXTDS courses below, please reach out to text@uw.edu in advance of Period I registration.

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Restr   SLN  ID Cred    Meeting Times                                              Status Enrl/Lim   Grades  Fee Other
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TXTDS 201 PRACT TEXT/DGTL HUM

Prerequisites

 IS    21640 A  1-5     to be arranged                                             Open      0/   2E CR/NC               
                        EMAIL TEXT@UW.EDU FOR REGISTRATION.

TXTDS 220 MAKING MANUSCRIPTS

(A&H/SSc)

       21641 A  5       TTh    130-320                                             Open      0/  25

TXTDS 321 AI & TEXT REUSE

(A&H)

       21642 A  5       TTh    1030-1220                                           Open      0/  20                J     
                        AI, TEXT REUSE AND THE ART OF                               
                        STEALING.

TXTDS 401 TEXT TECHNOLOGIES

(A&H/SSc)

       21643 A  5       MTTh   230-350                                             Open      0/   5                J     
                        MIDDLE EAST ILLUSTRATED.                                    
                        EXPLORES THE POWERFUL BLEND OF VERB                         
                        AND VISUAL EXPRESSION IN GRAPHIC                            
                        NOVELS AND ANIMATIONS FOCUSED ON TH                         
                        MIDDLE EAST. THROUGH CLOSE READINGS                         
                        DISCUSSIONS, AND CREATIVE EXERCISES                         
                        YOU'LL DIVE INTO HOW IMAGES AND WOR                         
                        INTERACT TO TELL COMPLEX STORIES.

      >21926 B  5       MW     230-420                                                       0/   5                J     
                        SAME AS SPAN 491 AND TAUGHT IN                              
                        SPANISH                                                     
                        TEXTUAL TRAILS. ARCHIVAL LEGACIES                           
                        FROM MEDIEVAL AND EARLY MODERN                              
                        IBERIA                                                      
                        THE IBERIAN PENINSULA HAS,                                  
                        THROUGHOUT ITS HISTORY, BEEN THE                            
                        STAGE FOR ENCOUNTERS AND CLASHES OF                         
                        A LONG LIST OF CULTURES. WE'LL                              
                        EXPLORE THE TEXTS AND DOCUMENTS                             
                        THAT EMERGED FROM THESE ENCOUNTERS,                         
                        AND WE'LL FOLLOW THE TRAVELS OF                             
                        THESE TEXTS THROUGH TIME, THROUGH                           
                        MEDIEVAL AND EARLY MODERN ARCHIVES                          
                        AND INTO THE MODERN LIBRARIES TODAY

TXTDS 402 BOOK ARTS

(A&H)

       21644 A  5       MW     1030-1220                                           Open      0/  25                      
                        THE BOOK IN THE INDUSTRIAL AGE                              
                        THE CHANGING MATERIAL FORMS OF BOOK                         
                        DURING PRINT'S INDUSTRIALIZATION. W                         
                        WITH ARTIFACTS IN UW SPECIAL                                
                        COLLECTIONS. THE BRITISH AND AMERIC                         
                        PRINT MARKETS FROM 1750-1900. THE                           
                        TRANSITION FROM MANUAL TO MECHANIZE                         
                        PRINTING, THE INTRODUCTION OF STEAM                         
                        POWER, INVENTIONS IN PAPER MAKING,                          
                        BOOK BINDING, DECORATION, AND MORE.

TXTDS 404 TXTS/PBLCS/PUBLCATNS

(A&H/SSc)

       21645 A  5       MW     1230-220                                            Open      0/  40                J     
                        TEXT, PUBLICS, AND PUBLICATION                              
                        SUSTAINABLE AUTHORSHIP IN THE AGE                           
                        OF DATA.                                                    
                        THE PRESENT AND FUTURE OF AUTHORSHI                         
                        AND PUBLISHING. THE HISTORY OF                              
                        AUTHORSHIP AND HOW IT HAS BEEN                              
                        SHAPED BY CHANGING TECHNOLOGIES,                            
                        FROM WRITING TO THE PRINTING PRESS                          
                        TO TYPEWRITERS AND WORD PROCESSORS.                         
                        SKILLS USEFUL TODAY FOR BETTER                              
                        UNDERSTANDING AND HAVING CONTROL                            
                        OVER WRITING IN DIGITAL FRAMEWORKS.                         
                        MARK-UP LANGUAGES, DIGITAL                                  
                        PUBLISHING, CHALLENGES OF                                   
                        SUSTAINABILITY AND DISCOVERABILITY,                         
                        AND COPYRIGHT LAW AND LICENSES.

TXTDS 405 CAP TEXT/DIGTL HUMAN

 IS   >21646 A  5       to be arranged                                                       0/   5E                     
                        TEXTUAL STUDIES & DIGITAL                                   
                        HUMANITIES MINOR CAPSTONE

TXTDS 413 TEXTS, DATA, & COMP

(A&H,RSN)

       21647 A  5       TTh    230-420                                             Open      0/  20                J     
                        PROGRAMMING FOR TEXT ANALYSIS

       21648 B  5       MW     1230-220                                            Open      0/   5                J     
                        DATA-ORIENTED ART

TXTDS 504 TXTS/PBLCS/PUBLCATNS

       21649 A  5       MW     1230-220                                            Open      0/   5                J     
                        TEXT, PUBLICS, AND PUBLICATION.                             
                        SUSTAINABLE AUTHORSHIP IN THE AGE                           
                        OF DATA.                                                    
                        THE PRESENT AND FUTURE OF AUTHORSHI                         
                        AND PUBLISHING. THE HISTORY OF                              
                        AUTHORSHIP AND HOW IT HAS BEEN                              
                        SHAPED BY CHANGING TECHNOLOGIES,                            
                        FROM WRITING TO THE PRINTING PRESS                          
                        TO TYPEWRITERS AND WORD PROCESSORS.                         
                        SKILLS USEFUL TODAY FOR BETTER                              
                        UNDERSTANDING AND HAVING CONTROL                            
                        OVER WRITING IN DIGITAL FRAMEWORKS.                         
                        MARK-UP LANGUAGES, DIGITAL                                  
                        PUBLISHING, CHALLENGES OF                                   
                        SUSTAINABILITY AND DISCOVERABILITY,                         
                        AND COPYRIGHT LAW AND LICENSES.

Winter Quarter 2027 Course Offerings

TEXTUAL AND DIGITAL STUDIES(COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES )

TEXTUAL AND DIGITAL STUDIES
(COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES )