Program Overview

Studies in the United States Culture Industries

DOCST 282S

A survey of the major professions in the arts, media, and entertainment industries, featuring prominent speakers from fields such as studio and independent film and television, screenwriting, directing, producing, financing, acting, artist representation, journalism, marketing, animation, and music. Students apply theory and analysis to projects currently in production, observing live tapings, rehearsals, and screenings. Real-world case studies to examine how and why stories chosen for production shape and are shaped by societal values and discourse, domestic and global economies, and the greater world of the arts and media.

Curriculum Codes

• R
• W
• ALP

Cross-Listed As

• VMS 279S

Typically Offered

Fall and/or Spring

Center for Documentary Studies

Overview

The Center for Documentary Studies offers various programs and courses for undergraduate and graduate students.

Education

Undergraduate Education

• Undergraduate Certificate in Documentary Studies
• DOCST Course List
• Current and Upcoming Undergraduate Courses
• Doc+
• Full Frame Fellows Program
• Lehman Brady Visiting Joint Chair Professorship

Graduate Education

• Graduate Education courses are available.

Continuing Education

• Continuing Education Courses

Programs

• Full Frame Documentary Film Festival
• Literacy Through Photography
• Doc+
• DocX

Exhibitions

• Current Exhibition
• Past Exhibitions

Awards

• CDS Filmmaker Award
• Full Frame Fellows Program
• John Hope Franklin Student Documentary Awards
• Julia Harper Day Award for Documentary Studies