Film, Television, and Media Studies as a field has a rich tradition of training students in critical history, theory, and research methods, with an emphasis on analysis that examines the aesthetics, growth, and power of global film, media, and entertainment on their makers and on audiences. FTVS students will be able to analyze representation on screen and behind the scenes that engage with issues of race, class, gender identities, sexuality, and disabilities across audio-visual forms. Our faculty specialize in scholarly fields, research, and creative work that focuses on the theoretical, historical, industrial, technological, and critical foundations of film, television, digital media, and other screen and sound-based media.
FTVS courses are academically rigorous, depending on analytic as well as critical tools that are informed by reading in media and cultural history. Students are introduced to the many ways that film and media makers have used the media as a means of personal expression as well as a tool for engaging the world.
The Department provides students with the opportunity not only to understand but also to critically examine and acquire the tools that will enable them to be more thoughtful consumers as well as producers of film and media texts. We impart valuable critical thinking skills not only to future media makers, storytellers, and content creators, but also to students who are passionate about media criticism, archival work, programming, working in studios, or continuing on to graduate school.
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