Film Studies

Think of your favorite film. What did you like about it? The story? The characters? The action? The overall look? If audiovisual culture means more to you than just entertainment, this may be the right major for you.

Film Studies provides students with critical and analytical writing skills that help them explore multiple perspectives on historical, international and contemporary media forms. The major promotes the study of film, television and digital media in their aesthetic, social, cultural, political, and technological contexts and expands students’ understanding of media as essential elements of our global cultural environment. Film Studies students go on to graduate programs in the Humanities, the Arts, Law, and Education, and find careers in arts management, festival programming, advertising, graphic design, education, and more.

The Film Studies program offers a unique major and minor. This interdisciplinary program is founded on a broad, international perspective on film, television, popular culture, and media forms, texts, and global industries. In addition to courses stressing cultural, historical, and theoretical approaches, students can take advantage of major festivals and symposia on campus and across the city.