- It is also the primary focus for an interdisciplinary field of study, established in the 1960s, that now employs historical, aesthetic, theoretical, and cultural frameworks to deepen understanding of television and other moving-image media as well as film.
- At Boston University, students can pursue the BA in Cinema & Media Studies (CIMS) while enrolled either in the College of Arts & Sciences (CAS) or in the College of Communication (COM). BU’s major draws on a combined CAS/COM faculty with expertise spanning American film and television, the national and regional cinemas of Europe, Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia, and the transnational flow of electronic and digital media. Options within the major include study abroad, a local internship, senior honors research, and/or courses in the crafts of film production and screenwriting.