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Program checklist · B.A.

Documentary Studies and Production

Ithaca College · Ithaca, NY

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Program
Award
B.A.
Credential class
ceterms:BachelorDegree
Total credits (published)
62-70
Catalog edition
2026-2027 Catalog
Checklist type
degree-program
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
191968
CourseShelf checklist
CK_191968_bb29aee6
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 61

Requirements to complete

Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.

Summary

2 items
  1. Major Course Requirements
    Not resolved to a course
    62-70
  2. Integrative Core Curriculum (ICC) Requirements and Other Electives 1
    Not resolved to a course
    50-58

Degree Requirements

0 items

    Major Requirements:

    major core · 10 items
    1. As published: “Documentary Immersion”
      1
    2. As published: “Introduction to Journalism”
      4
    3. As published: “Investigative Journalism”
      4
    4. 4
    5. As published: “Cinema Production 1”
      or: TVR 11500 Introduction to Television and Film Production
      4
    6. As published: “Introduction to Film Aesthetics and Analysis”
      or: TVR 12200 Introduction to Media Aesthetics and Analysis
      4
    7. As published: “Nonfiction Production”
      4
    8. As published: “History and Theory of Documentary”
      4
    9. As published: “Nonfiction Industries (Nonfiction Industries)”
      2
    10. 4

    Select one of these media studies electives:

    electives · 7 items
    1. As published: “Cinematic Currents”
      4
    2. As published: “Critical Thinking and Mass Communication”
    3. As published: “Journalism Ethics”
    4. As published: “History of Photography”
      4
    5. As published: “Social Impact Communications”
    6. As published: “Media Law”
      4
    7. As published: “Advanced Cinema Production: Independent Film Financing”

    Select at least 6 credits from these media production electives

    electives · 10 items
    1. As published: “Visual Journalism”
    2. As published: “Introduction to Post-Production (Introduction to Post Production)”
      2
    3. As published: “Advanced Digital Photography”
      4
    4. As published: “Advanced Cinema Production: Nonfiction”
      4
    5. 4
    6. As published: “Production Management for Film, Television and New Media”
      4
    7. As published: “Developing the Thesis Project (Developing the Thesis Project)”
      2

    Minor Requirement:

    1 item
    1. Select a minor outside of the departments of Journalism and Media Arts, Sciences and Studies (MASS). 1
      Not resolved to a course
      18-25
    Source. Ithaca College, catalog 2026-2027 Catalog — https://catalog.ithaca.edu/undergrad/schools/park-school-communications/department-media-arts-sciences-studies/documentary-studies-production-ba/. Captured page pages/0125.html.gz. Assembled from the institution's published catalog as captured; every record names its captured page and source URL. Assembled, not asserted.