Undergraduate Education - Documentary Studies Courses and Cross-Listed Courses

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Undergraduate Education Overview, Mission, and Learning Outcomes

Courses Offered for the Upcoming Semester – Fall 2008 Courses

Current and Past Semester Courses – Spring 2008 Courses

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Undergraduate Certificate

Documentary Studies Courses and Cross-Listed Courses

Lehman Brady Visiting Joint Chair Professor in Documentary Studies and American Studies

Student Opportunities at CDS

Documentary Studies Courses and Cross-Listed Courses

African and African American Studies (AAAS)

AAAS 145A African American History (Gavins). Cross-listed: HISTORY 145A, Documentary Studies.

AAAS 145B African American History (Gavins). Cross-listed: HISTORY 145B, Documentary Studies.

AAAS 199S Who Cares and Why: Social Activism and Its Motivations (Thompson). Cross-listed: CULANTH 168S, DOCST 164S.

Art (ARTSVIS) and Art History (ARTHIST)

ARTSVIS 106 Digital Imaging (Belkina). Cross-listed: Documentary Studies, Information Science and Information Studies.

ARTSVIS 115 Introduction to Photography (Hunter). Cross-listed: DOCST 115.

ARTSVIS 116 Photography (Noland). Cross-listed: Documentary Studies, Film/Video/Digital.

ARTSVIS 117 Documentary Photography and the Southern Culture Landscape (Rankin). Cross-listed: DOCST 117.

ARTSVIS 118S American Communities: A Photographic Approach (Harris or Sartor). Cross-listed: DOCST 176S, PUBPOL 176S, Film/Video/Digital.

ARTSVIS 119S Advanced Documentary Photography (Harris or Rankin). Cross-listed: DOCST 177S, PUBPOL 177S, Film/Video/Digital.

ARTHIST 169 Documentary Photography and Social Activism in the Nuclear Age (Stiles). Cross-listed: Comparative Area Studies, Documentary Studies, Film/Video/Digital.

ARTHIST 199 History of Photography, 1839-Present (Leighton). Cross-listed: Documentary Studies, Film/Video/Digital.

Asian and African Languages and Literature

AALL 137 Contemporary Culture in South Asia (Khanna or Natavar). Cross-listed: Comparative Area Studies, Documentary Studies.

Cultural Anthropology (CULANTH)

CULANTH 104 Anthropology and Film (Allison, Jackson, or Litzinger). Cross-listed: Documentary Studies, Film/Video/Digital, Marxism and Society.

CULANTH 108 Fantasy, Mass Media, and Popular Culture (Allison). Cross-listed: Comparative Area Studies, Documentary Studies.

CULANTH 124 Culture and Politics in Native America (Starn). Cross-listed: Comparative Area Studies, Documentary Studies.

CULANTH 128 Culture and Politics in Latin America (Starn). Cross-listed: Comparative Area Studies, Documentary Studies, Marxism and Society.

CULANTH 131S Documentary Film/Video Theory and Practice (Staff). Cross-listed: Documentary Studies, ENGLISH 101CS, FVD 104S.

CULANTH 134S Documentary Experience: A Video Approach (Hawkins, Jackson, Staff). Cross-listed: DOCST 105S, FVD 105S, HISTORY 150B, POLSCI 156S, PUBPOL 105S.

CULANTH 142S Immigration, Ethnicity, and Identity (Ewing). Cross-listed: Documentary Studies.

CULANTH 145A World Music: Aesthetic and Anthropological Approaches (Meintjes or Staff). Cross-listed: MUSIC 136, Comparative Area Studies, Documentary Studies.

CULANTH 145B Music, Social Life, and Scenes (Meintjes). Cross-listed: MUSIC 137, Documentary Studies.

CULANTH 162S Farmworkers in North Carolina (Thompson). Cross-listed: DOCST 162S.

CULANTH 164S The Anthropology of Hinduism: From Encounter to Engagement (Prasad). Cross-listed: RELIGION 164S, Documentary Studies.

CULANTH 168S Who Cares and Why: Social Activism and Its Motivations (Thompson). Cross-listed: AAAS 199S, DOCST 164S.

Documentary Studies (DOCST)
(Special topics courses are also offered each semester through the Center for Documentary Studies. Check for upcoming course specifics)

DOCST 100S Children and the Experience of Illness (Moses). Cross-listed: PUBPOL 100S.

DOCST 101 Traditions in Documentary Studies (Rankin).
DOCST 104S Medicine and the Vision of Documentary Photography (Moses). Cross-listed: PUBPOL 104S.

DOCST 105S Documentary Experience: A Video Approach (Hawkins, Jackson, Staff). Cross-listed: CULANTH 134S, FVD 105S, HISTORY 150B, POLSCI 156S, PUBPOL 105S.

DOCST 110S Introduction to Oral History (Rubio). Cross-listed: HISTORY 128S.

DOCST 115 Introduction to Photography (Hunter). Cross-listed: ARTSVIS 115.

DOCST 117 Documentary Photography and the Southern Cultural Landscape (Rankin). Cross-listed: ARTSVIS 117.

DOCST 144S Literacy Through Photography (Ewald and Hyde). Cross-listed: EDUC 144S.

DOCST 146S Sociology Through Photography (Hyde). Cross-listed: SOCIOL 152S.

DOCST 162S Farmworkers in North Carolina (Thompson). Cross-listed: CULANTH 162S.

DOCST 164S Who Cares and Why: Social Activism and Its Motivations (Thompson). Cross-listed: AAAS 199S, CULANTH 168S.

DOCST 176S American Communities: A Photographic Approach (Harris or Sartor). Cross-listed: ARTSVIS 118S, PUBPOL 176S, Film/Video/Digital.

DOCST 177S Advanced Documentary Photography (Harris or Rankin). Cross-listed: ARTSVIS 119S, PUBPOL 177S, Film/Video/Digital.

DOCST 179S Reinventing Age (Harris). Cross-listed: PUBPOL 179S.

DOCST 190S Special Topics in Documentary Studies. These courses vary by semester and range broadly in content (and cross-listings). Please check ACES at http://registrar.duke.edu for the latest offerings.

DOCST 196S Capstone Seminar in Documentary Studies (Rankin).

Education (EDUC)

EDUC 144S Literacy Through Photography (Ewald and Hyde). Cross-listed: DOCST 144S.

Film/Video/Digital (FVD)

FVD 103S Special Topics in Sound Technology (Lee). Cross-listed: Documentary Studies, Information Science and Information Studies.

FVD 104S Documentary Film/Video Theory and Practice (Staff). Cross-listed: CULANTH 131S, Documentary Studies, ENGLISH 101CS.

FVD 105S Documentary Experience: A Video Approach (Hawkins, Jackson, Staff). Cross-listed: CULANTH 134S, DOCST 105S, HISTORY 150BS, POLSCI 156S, PUBPOL 105S.

FVD 108S Topics in New Technologies/Digital Media (Staff). Cross-listed: Documentary Studies, Information Science and Information Studies.

History (HISTORY)

HISTORY 128S Introduction to Oral History (Rubio). Cross-listed: DOCST 110S.

HISTORY 145A African American History (Gavins). Cross-listed: AAAS 145A, Documentary Studies.

HISTORY 145B African American History (Gavins). Cross-listed: AAAS 145B, Documentary Studies.

HISTORY 150BS Documentary Experience: A Video Approach (Hawkins, Jackson, Staff). Cross-listed: CULANTH 134S, DOCST 105S, FVD 105S, POLSCI 156S, PUBPOL 105S.

Music (MUSIC)

MUSIC 136 World Music: Aesthetic and Anthropological Approaches (Meintjes or Staff). Cross-listed: CULANTH 145A, Comparative Area Studies, Documentary Studies.

MUSIC 137 Music, Social Life, and Scenes (Meintjes). Cross-listed: CULANTH 145B, Documentary Studies.

Political Science (POLSCI)

POLSCI 156S Documentary Experience: A Video Approach (Hawkins, Jackson, Staff). Cross-listed: CULANTH 134S, DOCST 105S, FVD 105S, HISTORY 150BS, PUBPOL 105S.

POLSCI 162 Human Rights in Theory and Practice (Kiss). Cross-listed: PUBPOL 162, PHIL 162, Documentary Studies.

POLSCI 162D Human Rights in Theory and Practice (Kiss). Cross-listed: PUBPOL 162D, PHIL 162D, Documentary Studies.

Public Policy Studies (PUBPOL)

PUBPOL 100S Children and the Experience of Illness (Moses). Cross-listed: DOCST 100S.

PUBPOL 104S Medicine and the Vision of Documentary Photography (Moses). Cross-listed: DOCST 104S.

PUBPOL 105S Documentary Experience: A Video Approach (Hawkins, Jackson, Staff). Cross-listed: CULANTH 134S, DOCST 105S, FVD 105S, HISTORY 150BS, POLSCI 156S.

PUBPOL 123S Watchdogs and Muckrakers: Investigative Journalism and Public Policy (Tifft). Cross-listed: Documentary Studies.

PUBPOL 125S News as Moral Battle Ground (Tifft). Cross-listed: Documentary Studies.

PUBPOL 132S Children on the Margins: A Documentary Approach (Felsman and Harris). Cross-listed: Documentary Studies.

PUBPOL 162 Human Rights in Theory and Practice (Kiss). Cross-listed: POLSCI 162, PHIL 162, Documentary Studies.

PUBPOL 162D Human Rights in Theory and Practice (Kiss). Cross-listed: POLSCI 162D, PHIL 162D, Documentary Studies.

PUBPOL 176S American Communities: A Photographic Approach (Harris or Sartor). Cross-listed: ARTSVIS 118S, DOCST 176S, Film/Video/Digital.

PUBPOL 177S Advanced Documentary Photography (Harris or Rankin). Cross-listed: ARTSVIS 119S, DOCST 177S, Film/Video/Digital.

PUBPOL 179S Reinventing Age (Harris). Cross-listed: DOCST 179S.

Religion (RELIGION)

REL 164S The Anthropology of Hinduism: From Encounter to Engagement (Prasad). Cross-listed: CULANTH 164S, Documentary Studies.

REL 184 Religion and Film (Hillerbrand). Cross-listed: Documentary Studies, Film/Video/Digital.

Sociology (SOCIOL)

SOCIOL 152S Sociology Through Photography (Hyde). Cross-listed: DOCST 146S.

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Students who graduated in May 2004 and earned the Certificate in Documentary Studies, from left to right, Jazmine Sutton, Gwendolyn Oxenham, Sarah Kurachek, Junior Gonzales, Ryan White, Mark Pike, and Libby Conn. Photograph by Christopher Sims.