MSCR 3330 — Documentary Film Ethics
4 semester hoursUndergraduateLectureNUpath ERNUpath WIusually offered: fall, springtypical days: M/ThBostonTraditional
Explores the history and style of documentary cinema, focusing on the ethics and social impact of various documentary techniques. Introduces theories and methods to analyze and evaluate the ethical dimensions of documentary filmmaking and viewership. Explores how ethical considerations shape the aesthetic choices that documentary filmmakers make and how these choices relate to justice, fairness, and the rights and responsibilities of viewers and filmed subjects. Through discussions of various documentaries, offers students an opportunity to apply these ideas to highly relevant and real-world personal, social, political, historical, and economic questions and situations that are featured in these films.
Prerequisites
Offering history
| Term | Sections | Enrolled | Capacity | Full | Open seats/section |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring 2025 | 1 | 19 | 19 | 100% | 0.0 |
| Fall 2025 | 1 | 19 | 19 | 100% | 0.0 |
| Spring 2026 | 1 | 19 | 19 | 100% | 0.0 |
Snapshots from scheduled scrapes — not live seat availability. "Full" can exceed 100% when sections over-enroll.
Meeting times
Share of recent sections by weekday: M 100% · T 0% · W 33% · Th 67% · F 0%
Common patterns: MR (67% of sections), MW (33% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday
Professors
Fall
- Laurel Ahnert (100% of students) · reviews
Spring
- Laurel Ahnert (100% of students) · reviews
Percentages are each professor's average share of the season's enrolled students in recent terms.
Links
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