Learning Outcomes

The MFA degree is designed to prepare graduate students for professional careers in film, video, and digital media. Graduates are qualified to teach at the university level. The program’s philosophy is predicated on a paradigm of independent media that values artistic expression, social awareness, and an articulated perspective. Students become conversant with the documentary tradition, alternative media, and new directions in documentary. Training in documentary production is combined with developing research skills in film criticism and analysis. Electives in film and media studies and studio art provide an intellectual and theoretical framework for realizing creative work. The parallel focus on production and studies prepares students for an academic position that may require teaching film studies and production.