CTA 3550 DOCUMENTARY AND NONFICTION AESTHETICS

The course examines theories, techniques, and methods of creating nonfiction content while tracing the origins of the documentary and analyzing its status today.  Students apply these concepts to the production of their own short nonfiction works.

Credits

4 sh

Prerequisite

COM 2200 and CTA 2160

Offered

• Spring

Course Outcomes

1. Students will be able to...
   • critique aesthetic value and the prioritization of truth, accuracy and fairness in works with diverse issues and topics.
2. • employ the tools of technology to produce nonfiction projects.
3. • engage in research and analysis of current and historic sources to help create works of greater depth and originality.
4. • demonstrate creative thinking and ethical ways of reasoning when creating nonfiction projects
5. • define types of documentaries and nonfiction works, identify their major components, and use theory in producing media content.
6. • analyze the role documentaries and nonfiction works have played, and continue to play, in America’s tradition of freedom of expression.