The Honors
Curriculum in Documentary Studies
allows students to take on a program
that is especially intellectually
rigorous and that yields a final project
more substantial than that required
of non-Honors students. Special 1-credit
supplementary sections provide students
in the Honors Program with deeper,
broader, and more challenging opportunities
to probe the diverse approaches to
documentary production—in this country
and abroad. They encourage a high
level of student-faculty interaction
and the cultivation of an honors community.
Requirements:
Students should
complete a minimum of 56 credits in
courses for which they registered
at this university. These should include
a minimum of 40 University at Albany
credits graded on the A-E basis.
Completion
of the core 36-credit requirement
for the Major in Documentary Studies
and an additional 4 credits as outlined
below for a total of 40 credits.
Twelve (12)
credits of honors work, usually fulfilled
by A Doc 450 and 451, and taking two
3-credit upper division courses in
conjunction with A Doc 400
(Honors Tutorial in Documentary Studies),
a course that may be repeated for
credit. Honors students enrolled in
any of the 300-level courses or above
outlined under Documentary Studies
“Theory and Foundation” or “Elective”
courses (listed earlier)—and also
enrolled for A Doc 400 will be expected
to complete the same assignments as
those enrolled in the 300-level courses.
However, they will earn an additional
credit through the A Doc 400 tutorial.
The tutorial will permit Honors students
to work one-on-one with the instructors
teaching these courses and will normally
include extra reading, writing, and
project assignments.
Maintenance
of a minimum cumulative grade point
average of 3.25. For graduation with
an “Honors in Documentary Studies,”
students must also have achieved a
grade point average of 3.50 or above
in their major.
All students
enrolled in the Honors Program will
take (in addition to the required
A Doc 251 and Doc 450) A Doc
451, Honors Seminar and Practicum
in Documentary Studies (1
credit). Students
in the Honors Curriculum in Documentary
Studies will be expected to produce
a more substantial final project in
A Doc 450 than non-Honors students
enrolled in that course. A Doc 451,
the supplementary 1-credit course
paralleling A Doc 450, will provide
them with the opportunity and guidance
to expand their projects accordingly.
Honors students
must present their final projects
at a public seminar.
Honors
Program Admission: Majors
should discuss admission to the Honors
Curriculum in Documentary Studies
with the Documentary Studies Director
at any time during their first or
second year or at the beginning of
their third year. Transfer students
should apply upon their admission
to the University. The requirements
for admission include: overall cumulative
grade point average of 3.25; completion
of at least 12 credits required for
the Documentary Studies major; a grade
point average of 3.50 in courses required
for the Documentary Studies major.
