HI 254 - Documentary History

Institution:

Saint Vincent College

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Description:

This course explores the video documentary as a text that conveys history. Americans increasingly learn their history from video documentaries, but historians are just beginning to address these texts in a sophisticated manner. Students will analyze historical documentaries critically by viewing the videos, reading critical analyses of them, and participating in discussions of these texts. They will then write their own critical analyses of the documentaries. The documentaries that the course examines will vary from semester to semester, but they will mostly be texts designed to convey historical information. Students will also participate in the production of a documentary on a historical event or development. Three credits.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.stvincent.edu

Phone Number:

(724) 539-9761

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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