- The interdisciplinary nature of the cinema and digital media major is an ideal way to educate students to live and work in a complex, rapidly changing world. In the current job market employers need professionals who not only bring with them multiple technical skills but who are also creative thinkers and problem solvers. Many of the most exciting developments in scholarship and creative production have been occurring across and in between disciplines.
- Exposure to coursework that promotes innovative and original thought and experimentation with technology and the arts helps students develop in both these areas, forging the versatile professionals that are needed in the modern economy. Finally, students do best when they are fueled by their own passions and have power in plotting their own directions. In this way, cinema and digital media prepare graduates to be highly adaptable, self-motivated, and current with the latest technological developments.