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Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)
The Media Studies B.A. program focuses on the creative production and critical consumption of a range of moving-image media and prepares students for careers in many media specialties. Majors have opportunities to study and produce narrative and documentary film, media production, television, and documentary-style video journalism.
Students gain hands-on experience creating their own films and TV shows, from concept to screening. Graduates have gone on to work on shows such as “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” “First Man,” “Lovecraft Country,” “Wandavision,” and “The Walking Dead.”
Classes are also offered in niche areas such as animation production, sportscasting, feature film writing, and media financing.
Faculty includes several distinguished scholars, award-winning filmmakers, and creative artists, such as Dr. David Cook, author of “A History of Narrative Film,” the definitive history of motion pictures used worldwide; Dr. Jeffrey T. Adams, author of “The Cinema of the Coen Brothers: Hard-Boiled Entertainments;” and Dr. Emily Edwards, author of “Graphic Violence: Illustrated Theories About Violence, Popular Media, and Our Social Lives.”