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Social Documentation Admissions Process

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The application deadline for admission to Fall Quarter 2009 will be January 15th, 2010.

Please refer to the UCSC Graduate Division to begin the admissions process and to review guidelines for admission to graduate study at UCSC, as well as to view the complete application gudelines. Students must submit a finalized application using the Online Applications Process by January 15th to be considered for entrance into the program the following September.

A complete application for entry into the Social Documentation Program includes the general UCSC graduate admissions requirements, with the exception that we do not require the GRE. In addition to the general university requirements, the department requires the following supplemental information:

  • An analytical writing sample (a research paper, professional report, substantial essay, or published work)
  • A resume or curriculum vitae
  • A sample of your documentary production work (a video or sound recording, oral history, ethnographic essay, photographic essay, or web page). The preferred format for submission of production work is via web, DVD, or CD ROM, video, etc. Documents will not be returned. If you are able to, please provide URLs to publications and documentary productions in your application. You must mail any hard copies of sample production materials (DVDs, CDs, portfolios, etc.) directly to the department:


    Social Documentation Program
    Community Studies Academic Services
    University of California
    Santa Cruz, CA 95064