College of Arts and Sciences /
Course Action Form
/ Proposal No.Please mark all that apply:
X / New Course / Revision of: / Number / Description
Cross-Listing / Title / Prerequisites
Shared-Resources Course / Credits
Deactivate / Activate Course / Other:
Department: / Documentary Studies / To be effective (semester/year): / 2006
Course Number / Current: / NONE / New: / DOC 451 / Credits: / 1
Course Title: / Honors Section for Documentary Studies Seminar and Fieldwork Practicum
Course Description to appear in Bulletin:
The Documentary Studies Seminar and Fieldwork Practicum offers students an opportunity to complete a major project in their area of documentary concentration: radio/audio, video/film, hypermedia/multimedia, photography, and print and journalism. This 1-credit Honors course allows Honors students to take on a more ambitious project than normally expected of majors. It culminates in a public presentation of their projects.
Prerequisites statement to be appended to description in Bulletin:
None.
If S/U is to be designated as the only grading system in the course, check here:
This course is (will be) cross listed with (i.e., CAS ###):
This course is (will be) a shared-resources course with (i.e., CAS ###):
Explanation of proposal:
Students in the Honors Curriculum in Documentary Studies will be expected to produce a more substantial final project in Doc 450 than non-Honors students enrolled in that course. Doc 451, the supplementary 1-credit course paralleling Doc 450, will provide them with the opportunity and guidance to expand their projects accordingly.
Other departments or schools which offer similar or related courses and which have certified that this proposal does not overlap their offering:
Chair of Proposing Department (TYPE NAME/SIGN) / Date
Approved by Chair(s) of Departments having cross-listed course(s) (PRINT NAME/SIGN) / Date / Dean of College (PRINT NAME/SIGN) / Date
Chair of Academic Programs Committee (PRINT NAME/SIGN) / Date / Dean of Graduate (Undergraduate) Studies (PRINT NAME/SIGN) / Date
February 1, 2005