The Film and Media Studies program offers students an opportunity to explore motion pictures, television, and the electronic arts as art forms and cultural phenomena. Students can minor, take a cluster, or get a BA in film and media studies.
There are many career opportunities open to students of film and the media arts, including ones in:
- Print and media journalism
- Arts and museum management
- Film preservation and curating
- Library science
- Multimedia authoring
Many students go on to film or television school, pursuing graduate work in producing, directing, editing, cinematography, screen writing, acting, and other creative aspects of media. Others choose to pursue the graduate study of media history, theory, and criticism in masters or doctoral programs.
Media law and business also present exciting opportunities for postgraduate study.