The documentary is a creative way of exploring our world with a camera and microphone. It’s hands-on storytelling that entertains audiences while advancing their understanding. Documentary producers can express their passions through video, film, and photography, and they have a real opportunity to change the world for the better.

The Park School at Ithaca College offers the only undergraduate documentary program of its kind in the eastern United States designed specifically for undergraduates. Our B.A. in documentary studies and production features courses from the television, journalism, and cinema, photography and media arts departments, with a mixture of real-world production experience and opportunities for industry internships. This major also provides students with the aesthetic, critical, ethical, and historical perspectives necessary to understand and appreciate the subject. You may also be interested in the documentary studies concentration in the Department of Television-Radio.

Our faculty includes authoritative scholars and award-winning documentary makers with extensive experience in the field. Your training will enable you to develop practical skills, and you can take advantage of opportunities within the Park School to build your resume and portfolio with documentary films, trailers, and impressive proposal books.

If you’ve been drawn to documentaries such as An Inconvenient Truth, March of the Penguins, Bowling for Columbine, or Super Size Me, this program is for you.