Documentary Studies

2026-2027

157 courses

DOCST 101Traditions in Documentary Studies
DOCST 105SThe Documentary Experience: A Video Approach
DOCST 106FSDocumenting the Middle East: Community and Oral History
DOCST 107History of Documentary Film
DOCST 110SIntroduction to Oral History
DOCST 115SIntroduction to Black and White Photography
DOCST 119SIntroduction to Digital Photography
DOCST 121CNSMilitary Imaginary: Understanding War through Photography
DOCST 135SIntroduction to Audio Documentary
DOCST 137FSMinor Utopias: Everyday Approaches to a Better World
DOCST 152CNSVisualizing Minor Stories: Archives, Museums, Histories
DOCST 158SEditing for Film and Video
DOCST 159SGateway Seminar: What Did Your Grandparents Do? A Global Exploration of Individual Life Histories
DOCST 190Special Topics in Documentary Studies
DOCST 190FSFocus Program Topics in Documentary Studies
DOCST 190SSpecial Topics in Documentary Studies
DOCST 191Independent Study
DOCST 192Independent Study
DOCST 193Research Independent Study
DOCST 194Research Independent Study
DOCST 196Gender, Media, and Sports
DOCST 206SMedicine and the Vision of Documentary Photography
DOCST 207Digital Imaging
DOCST 208SThe Silent Film: An Introduction
DOCST 209FSDigital Documentary Photography: Education, Childhood, and Growth
DOCST 209SDigital Documentary Photography: Education, Childhood, and Growth
DOCST 215SDocumentary Photography and the Southern Culture Landscape
DOCST 222SThe Photographic Portfolio
DOCST 223SGlobal Stories, Local Issues
DOCST 224SChildren's Self Expression: Literacy Through Photography
DOCST 225Women and the Political Process
DOCST 227SSociology through Photography
DOCST 230SSmall Town USA: Local Collaborations
DOCST 236SColor Photography: Fieldwork and Digital Color
DOCST 242SDance for the Camera
DOCST 250SThe Photobook: History and Practice
DOCST 256SClimate, Culture and Identity
DOCST 264Introduction to Film Studies
DOCST 268Religion and Film
DOCST 270Contemporary Documentary Film: Filmmakers and the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival
DOCST 273SFilming Freedom Movements: Movies, Music, Monuments, Memory
DOCST 274The Middle East Through Film
DOCST 275SGender and Media
DOCST 277SElectronic Music for TV and Movies
DOCST 278SProducing Docu-Fiction
DOCST 281SCinematography
DOCST 282SStudies in the United States Culture Industries
DOCST 285SVisiting Filmmaker Master Courses: Special Topics
DOCST 288SEditing for Film and Video
DOCST 289SDocumenting Black Durham: Discovering Durham's Hallowed Ground through Arts
DOCST 290Special Topics in Documentary Studies
DOCST 290ASpecial Topics in Documentary Studies: Study Abroad
DOCST 290SSpecial Topics in Documentary Studies
DOCST 291Independent Study
DOCST 292Independent Study
DOCST 293Research Independent Study
DOCST 294Research Independent Study
DOCST 295SArts Entrepreneurship
DOCST 303History of Photography, 1839 to the Present
DOCST 305SBlack Geographies: Borders, Boundaries & Blackness in the U.S.
DOCST 307SDance Film: Documentary Aesthetics in Dance-Moving Image Practice
DOCST 309SCarceral Geographies: Explaining Mass Incarceration in the U.S.
DOCST 315DSEnvironmental Issues & the Documentary Arts
DOCST 315SEnvironmental Issues & the Documentary Arts
DOCST 317SVeterans Oral History Project
DOCST 318SPhoto Workshop
DOCST 321SVideo, Art, Politics
DOCST 322SAmerican Independent Cinema
DOCST 323SMotion Graphics for Film and Video
DOCST 325SDocumenting Resistance on Film: The Poor People's Campaign from 1968 to Today
DOCST 330SOral History and Storytelling
DOCST 332SFarmworkers in North Carolina: Roots of Poverty, Roots of Change
DOCST 334SCreative Non-Fiction Cinema—Representing The Real
DOCST 345SBlackness, Gender, and Experimental Form in Literature, Media, and Thought
DOCST 353SSound for Film and Video
DOCST 356SLong-form Journalism
DOCST 357S16mm Film Production
DOCST 358SUnderstanding Mediation
DOCST 359AIntroduction to Global Los Angeles: An Interdisciplinary Survey (Service-Learning)
DOCST 364SArt of the Interview