New! Double major in Politics and Documentary Studies

The Politics Department has partnered with Documentary Studies and Production to create a pre-approved Double Major.

The Double major in Politics and Documentary Studies and Production enables students to connect the two fields, opening up opportunities to express critical thinking not solely via writing, but in creative, visual, and diverse cultural milieus.

The double major does not change any of the majors (Politics, B.A.; Politics, B.A. with International Concentration and Documentary Studies). It does, however: 

  • increase awareness of the possibilities and interconnections between the majors; 
  • facilitates faculty-student collaborations on projects with political, cultural, critical theory, social and economic content; 
  • streamlines admissions procedures for declaring the double major; 
  • promote advising support from faculty in both departments. 

See this Ithacan article for some details: "Double major finalized for Park school and H&S departments".

For more information, contact the Politics Chair Chip Gagnon or John Scott, Director of the Documentary Studies Program

Sample Schedule - Politics-Documentary Studies Double Major

Click on the link below for a sample schedule, just to provide an idea of one way to complete this double major. For more information contact Prof Chip Gagnon, Chair of the Politics Department or John Scott, Director of the Documentary Studies Program.

file-outline Sample Schedule - Politics-Documentary Studies Double Major - polt-docst-double-major-sample-schedule.pdf (674.37 KB)