Social Documentation
2012-13 General Catalog
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Graduate Courses
200. Approaches to Social Documentation. F
Comprehensive review and analysis of documentary strategies aimed at societal critique and social change, evaluating changes in argument, evidence, and process over development of the discipline. (Also offered as Digital Arts and New Media 205. Students cannot receive credit for both courses.) A concurrent media lab is required. Enrollment restricted to social documentation graduate students. Enrollment limited to 15. B. Rich
202. Practice of Social Documentary. F
Introduction to social documentary genres including video, photography, new media and other mediums, which addresses social-scientific research and methodology in the context of these processes. (Also offered as Digital Arts and New Media 206. Students cannot receive credit for both courses.) A concurrent media lab is required. Enrollment restricted to social documentation graduate students. Enrollment limited to 15. J. Taylor
204. Ways of Seeing and Hearing. F
Graduate-level advanced seminar explores ways that seeing, hearing, and knowing are influenced by culture, power, race, and other factors. Readings emphasize how documentary subjects are constituted and known, addressing questions of epistemology, social constructivism, objectivity, and method. (Also offered as Digital Arts and New Media 204. Students cannot receive credit for both courses.) Enrollment restricted to social documentation and digital arts new media graduate students. M. Ochoa
208. Social Science Research and Social Representation. W
Designed to acquaint students with how social science research represents social reality and how social documentarians represent social reality. Designed to encourage comparison among different modes of social science research and between social science and different modes of social documentation representations of social life. Enrollment restricted to social documentation graduate students. Enrollment limited to 15. The Staff
220. Oral History. *
Introduction to the theory and practice of oral history. Seminar participants read foundational texts in oral history, historical memory, public history, and social documentary. Students conduct two oral-history interviews; write synthesis essays; and complete a seminar paper. Concurrent enrollment in course 291 required. Enrollment restricted to graduate students. Enrollment limited to 15. The Staff
270. Project Planning for the Social Documentary. S
Workshop seminar in project planning focusing on the form and content of the documentary project; research and preproduction; technical, financial, and logistical plans; and coordination with subjects and resources. Enrollment restricted to social documentation graduate students. Enrollment limited to 15. S. Chiang
280. Video Production of the Social Documentary. W
Intensive directing and producing course that covers conceptualization, research, treatment and proposal writing, interview technique, camera, editing, production, and distribution. (Also offered as Digital Arts and New Media 207. Students cannot receive credit for both courses.) A concurrent media lab is required. Enrollment restricted to social documentation graduate students. Open to qualified undergraduates with permission of instructor. Enrollment limited to 15. J. Taylor
290. Special Topics in Social Documentation. F
Designed to provide supplemental instruction on specific topical and/or technical matters related to social documentation. Topics include technical standards and innovations within the field of social documentation, documentary subjects, location production, and/or the work of individual professional documentarians. (Also offered as Digital Arts and New Media 208. Students cannot receive credit for both courses.) Enrollment restricted to social documentation graduate students. Enrollment limited to 15. May be repeated for credit. S. Nakasako
291. Media Laboratory for Social Documentation (2 credits). *
Individual training in a social documentation medium under the guidance of a faculty supervisor. Course is intended to be taken concurrently with social documentation courses requiring a laboratory course. Enrollment restricted to social documentation and digital arts and new media graduate students. Enrollment limited to 10. May be repeated for credit. The Staff
292. Special Topics (2 credits). F,W,S
Provides supplemental instruction on specific topical and/or technical matters related to social documentation. Topics include technical standards, artistic strategies, and innovations within the field of social documentation, documentary subjects, and/or work of individual professional documentarians. Enrollment restricted to graduate students. Enrollment limited to 15. May be repeated for credit. The Staff
294A. Production/Analysis/Editing. F
Workshop seminar oriented toward actual fieldwork, production, and preparation for editing of the thesis project in the student's chosen genre. Techniques of collection and recording, analysis, preparation, and editing taught. Enrollment restricted to social documentation graduate students. Enrollment limited to 15. The Staff
294B. Production/Analysis/Editing. W
Workshop seminar oriented toward the editing and creative assemblage of the thesis project in the student's chosen genre. Techniques of preparation, exhibition, and editing taught. Enrollment restricted to social documentation graduate students. Enrollment limited to 15. B. Rich
294C. Production/Analysis/Editing. S
Social documentation students in the final phase of completing their master's thesis receive guidance in shaping their projects, receive feedback, and are taught key elements of structure and narrative at a time when the demand for clarity and social documentation exposition is crucial. Prerequisite(s): courses 294A and 294B. Enrollment restricted to social documentation graduate students. J. Taylor
295. Project Completion. F,W,S
Individualized study for second-year graduate students working on and completing their final projects. Limited to students enrolled in the social documentation program during their final quarter of study. May be repeated for credit. (FWS) The Staff
297. Independent Study. F,W,S
Study either related to a course being taken or a totally independent study. Enrollment restricted to graduate students. Students submit petition to sponsoring agency. May be repeated for credit. The Staff
