Master of Fine Arts

In the production core, students are required to conceptualize and visualize their ideas in a series of writing and producing courses that focus on documentary story structure. These courses are taken in tandem with project-based production courses that provide training in the technical and conceptual aspects of cinematography, sound recording, editing, and sound design. Discussion of form and content is a signature component of the writing and production courses. The production core is complemented by a series of required film studies courses in documentary, elective courses in the history, aesthetics, ideology, and theory of all genres of moving image media, elective courses in studio art, and choice electives. All courses must be taken for a letter grade.