U-DOCST-C - Documentary Studies Certificate

The certificate in documentary studies is awarded to students who successfully complete six courses approved as part of the documentary studies program. These include:

• a required survey course titled Traditions in Documentary Studies

• four related courses from the approved courses (including electives) listed in this undergraduate bulletin

• a required capstone course, Seminar in Documentary Studies

During the seminar, students are expected to bring to completion one major documentary project (using audio, video, photos, and/or ethnographic writing methods) and to present this project to an audience outside the classroom by the semester’s end. The Seminar in Documentary Studies is designed as the culminating experience of the certificate program and is therefore open only to students enrolled in the program. Electives chosen by the student under the guidance of the program director should facilitate the completion of the final project.

Program Courses

African & African American Studies

207. African Americans Since the Civil War

531S. Black Camera: Still and Moving Images

539. Black Camera: Still and Moving Images

Art History

539. Black Camera: Still and Moving Images

650S. Black Camera: Still and Moving Images Asian & Middle Eastern Studies

341S. Screening the Holocaust: Jews, WWII, and World Cinema

Bioethics and Science Policy

510S. Science and the Media: Narrative Writing about Science, Health and Policy

Cultural Anthropology

130. Anthropology and Film

131. World Music: Aesthetic and Anthropological Approaches

137. Music, Social Life, and Scenes

220FS. Global ‘Mixed Race’ Studies

220S. Global ‘Mixed Race’ Studies

243. Culture and Politics in Latin America

History

347. African Americans Since the Civil War

Human Rights Program-Franklin Humanities Institute

130. World Music: Aesthetic and Anthropological Approaches

262. Human Rights in Theory and Practice

371. News as a Moral Battleground

International Comparative Studies

104. Anthropology and Film

325. Culture and Politics in Latin America

Jewish Studies

266S. Screening the Holocaust: Jews, WWII, and World Cinema 

Literature

230A. Introduction to Global Los Angeles: An Interdisciplinary Survey (Service-Learning)

263S. Screening the Holocaust: Jews, WWII, and World Cinema

Music

130. World Music: Aesthetic and Anthropological Approaches

137. Music, Social Life, and Scenes 

Philosophy

262. Human Rights in Theory and Practice

Policy Journalism and Media Studies

371. News as a Moral Battleground

510S. Science and the Media: Narrative Writing about Science, Health and Policy

Political Science

272. Human Rights in Theory and Practice

Public Policy

231. Human Rights in Theory and Practice

371. News as a Moral Battleground

510S. Science and the Media: Narrative Writing about Science, Health and Policy

Religion

268. Religion and Film

Study of Ethics

259. News as a Moral Battleground

Visual Arts

206. Digital Imaging

Visual and Media Studies

130. Anthropology and Film

206. Digital Imaging

275S. Screening the Holocaust: Jews, WWII, and World Cinema

359A. Introduction to Global Los Angeles: An Interdisciplinary Survey (Service-Learning)

545. Black Camera: Still and Moving Images

650S. Black Camera: Still and Moving Images