Due to a transition from the Film/Video/Digital program's office to the Office of Study Abroad, the Spring 2010 iteration of Duke in LA will be cancelled. Offered each Spring since 1996, the program, targeted at pupils interested in film and media careers, offered students a chance to study at the University of Southern California and take on a 15-hour per week internship.
With its transition from the F/V/D office comes major changes in the program. According to a press release, Associate Professor of Romance Studies & Art Esther Gabara and Assistant Professor of the Practice of Visual Arts Pedro Lasch, who is also an artist, will join Duke in LA Faculty Director Jim Thompson at the helm.
Both will likely broaden the program beyond its current film focus. Pre-requisites for the program will also change. Currently, students need only have taken Introduction to Film or Introduction to Visual Studies.
The program offers four course credits-two from USC, one from Duke and one for the internship. Duke in LA will resume in Spring 2011.
-from staff reports
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