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2024-2025 Academic Catalog 
  
    May 17, 2025  
2024-2025 Academic Catalog

Documentary Studies Certificate


Undergraduate certificates may only be earned and will only be awarded in conjunction with a bachelor’s degree. They will not be awarded as an independent credential.

The Documentary Studies certificate offers students further education in community-based learning, research, field work, and storytelling. The program in documentary studies views documentary studies as an interdisciplinary field that allows for students to focus on documentary as a mode of artistic expression, a means to create meaning, and a vehicle for the dissemination of research.

Certificate Requirements


Students must complete a minimum of 24 semester credit hours including 9 hours of core courses and 15 hours in one of the specified fields of study as outlined below.

Core Courses


Satisfactorily complete the following three (3) courses:

Subtotal: 9


English Option


Satisfactorily complete fifteen (15) hours from the following courses:

Subtotal: 15


Subtotal: 15


Sociology Option


Satisfactorily complete fifteen (15) hours from the following courses:

Theatre Option


Satisfactorily complete fifteen (15) hours from the following courses:

Subtotal: 24


Note:

  • Courses used to fulfill certificate requirements may also be used to fulfill core, major, minor, or other program requirements.
  • Federal financial aid will not pay for a certificate course unless that course is also necessary to complete a student’s required number of hours for the bachelor’s degree or another bachelor’s degree requirement. Students should contact the Financial Aid Office if they have questions about their federal aid eligibility.