{"id":362,"date":"2018-08-21T07:14:54","date_gmt":"2018-08-21T14:14:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vendor.hub.wp.nau.edu\/communication\/documentary-studies-emphasis\/"},"modified":"2021-09-07T13:58:53","modified_gmt":"2021-09-07T20:58:53","slug":"documentary-studies-emphasis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/school-communication\/documentary-studies-emphasis\/","title":{"rendered":"Documentary Studies"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Documentary Studies<\/h1>\n<h5><a title=\"Click here to learn how to apply.\" href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/school-communication\/ma-communication\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Learn how to apply<\/a><\/h5>\n<p>A film by one of our Documentary Studies MA students, Margo McClellan:\u00a0<a title=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/120802591\" href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/120802591\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/vimeo.com\/120802591<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Documentarians creatively make nonfiction stories. Whether it\u2019s a story\u00a0about historical events and people or the events of our times,\u00a0documentarians produce stories that give shape and meaning\u00a0to our understanding of culture, social life and history.<\/p>\n<p>Our graduate program at\u00a0Northern Arizona University&#8217;s School of Communication\u00a0provides a solid grounding in\u00a0communication and the theoretical, critical, and practical\u00a0traditions that inform documentary work. Students engage in\u00a0intensive research and fieldwork, professional production skills\u00a0in storytelling, and learn to critically analyze media in terms of\u00a0both content and craft.<\/p>\n<p>The program is ideally suited to prepare graduate students for today&#8217;s world of cutting-edge multimedia journalism, documentary work, as well as preparation for PhD programs in cinema and media studies. It also provides the foundations to start a business doing production in a variety of formats.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>NAU is set in the midst of the striking and diverse Southwest. With its manifold Native American communities, environmental issues, high desert landscapes, canyons and mountains (including the Grand Canyon and other national parks), NAU&#8217;s Colorado Plateau setting provides a rich palette for the next generation of documentary storytellers.<\/div>\n<p>This\u00a0is\u00a0the\u00a0only\u00a0Master&#8217;s\u00a0level\u00a0Documentary\u00a0program\u00a0in\u00a0the\u00a0Southwest.<\/p>\n<p>Students in this program will:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Engage\u00a0a\u00a0theoretical\u00a0and\u00a0historical\u00a0understanding\u00a0of\u00a0documentary\u00a0as\u00a0rooted in\u00a0the\u00a0traditions\u00a0of\u00a0creative\u00a0storytelling\u00a0and\u00a0social\u00a0critique.<\/li>\n<li>Apply\u00a0heightened\u00a0skills\u00a0of\u00a0observation,\u00a0critical\u00a0thinking,\u00a0and\u00a0creativity\u00a0in\u00a0telling stories\u00a0about\u00a0untold,\u00a0under-reported,\u00a0and\u00a0under-represented\u00a0issues\u00a0and peoples.<\/li>\n<li>Create\u00a0and\u00a0distribute\u00a0a\u00a0variety\u00a0of\u00a0documentary\u00a0projects\u00a0in\u00a0different forms\u00a0at\u00a0an\u00a0advanced\u00a0level.<\/li>\n<li>Realize\u00a0that\u00a0production\u00a0tools\u00a0and\u00a0techniques\u00a0are\u00a0a\u00a0means\u00a0to\u00a0author a\u00a0unique\u00a0point\u00a0of\u00a0view\u00a0shaped\u00a0by\u00a0the\u00a0documentarian&#8217;s\u00a0philosophical sensibilities\u00a0and\u00a0ways\u00a0of\u00a0perceiving\u00a0the\u00a0world.<\/li>\n<li>Gain tools for creating their own production business.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <a class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Documentary Studies Faculty_0\" href=\"#\">\n      <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n          <h4>Documentary Studies Faculty <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Accordion Closed<\/span><\/h4>\n          <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\"><\/span>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/a>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\">\n        <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body>\n<div class=\"collapse\">\n<p>William Carter<br>\nDocumentary filmmaking, photography, journalism<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/school-communication\/faculty-staff\/\">Laura L Camden, MA<\/a><br>\nDocumentary photography, multimedia and photojournalism<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/school-communication\/faculty-staff\/\">Peter Friederici, MS<\/a><br>\nScience and environmental writing; 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