Film and Media Studies - Graduate Certificate

Program Overview

The Film & Media Studies graduate certificate provides a multidisciplinary understanding of film, television, and digital media. Through hands-on experience and theoretical analysis, students explore media culture, develop critical thinking skills, and pursue careers as scholars, journalists, artists, or producers in various media industries.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

Film & Media Studies is a collaborative interdisciplinary graduate certificate that provides a critical understanding of film, television, and digital media that integrates history, theory, and praxis. It studies all aspects of media culture, from the first cinematic shorts to digital media. The field combines both academic study and hands-on experience with visual media.

Careers:

Successful students in this certificate program possess a creative, visual learning style. They enjoy exploring new forms of art and thinking critically about the world.

Careers:

Scholar, Journalist, Film Production, Television Production, Media Production, Artist, Actor, Editor, Producer

Other:

The graduate certificate in Film & Media Studies unites faculty and students from three Colleges (A&S, CCM, and DAAP) in order to offer students training in both theory and practice. UC's strengths in media production and in visual studies combine to offer students hands-on experience in production along with training in the analysis of media and visual culture.