University at Albany – State University of New York
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Department:
Documentary Studies
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(semester/year): 2006
Current: NONE
New: DOC 450
Credits: 3
Documentary Studies Seminar and Fieldwork Practicum
Course Description to appear in Bulletin:
The Documentary Studies Seminar and Fieldwork Practicum is the capstone course for majors and minors in
documentary studies. Students are expected to complete a substantial project in any one of the five
documentary concentrations (radio/audio, video/film, hypermedia/multimedia, photography, and print).
Students will work with individual concentration advisors as well as the course instructor; they will receive
feedback, as well, from fellow students enrolled in the course. Discussions of selected readings, production
techniques, research strategies, and legal and ethical issues, as well as viewings of documentary
films/photographs and airings of audio documentaries, will inform and complement in-depth examinations of
individual projects. The course will be offered once a year, generally in the spring.
Prerequisites statement to be appended to description in Bulletin:
None.
If S/U is to be designated as the only grading system in the course, check here:
This course is (will be) cross listed with (i.e., CAS ###):
This course is (will be) a shared-resources course with (i.e., CAS ###):
Explanation of proposal:
This course is the capstone course for both the major and minor in Documentary Studies. It is a projectoriented course that is designed to give students an opportunity to demonstrate theoretical and practical
knowledge gained in other documentary courses. Students are expected to present a substantial final project
to classmates and the instructor for critique and comment.
Other departments or schools which offer similar or related courses and which have certified that this proposal does not
overlap their offering:
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Chair of Academic Programs Committee (PRINT NAME/SIGN)
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Dean of Graduate (Undergraduate) Studies (PRINT NAME/SIGN)
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February 1, 2005