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Screen studies
Directing
Screenwriting
Cinematography
Post-production
Producing
Digital Animation & VFX
Sonic Arts
Media Scoring

Screen Studies

No longer is cinema simply projected images in a darkened room. Now filmmakers create work that is viewed on multiple devices and platforms, from TV screens to smartphones. The purpose of the M.A. in Screen Studies Program is to provide students with a comprehensive education in cinema history, theory, criticism and aesthetics, and to encourage the scholarly exploration of cinema as a form of art and a means of social communication. But you will also be prepared to engage with the rapidly changing media landscape through an understanding of its broadest aesthetic and cultural implications.

Students are required to complete a total of 36 credits, which may be pursued either on a full-time basis in two years or part time. Because the degree program will be housed in the same facility as the M.F.A. in Cinema Arts — Steiner Studios — students will be able to deepen their knowledge within the context of a larger community of filmmakers and cinema scholars. The program’s interrelationship with the M.F.A. and its connection to the film and media industries makes it truly unique.

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Degree Requirements

36 Credits
Course Requirements (12 credits)
  • Film 7001G: Introduction to Research Methods & Archives
  • Film 7002G: Screen Theories
  • Film 7003G: Screen Histories
*One of the Following:
  • Film 7014G: Narrative Structure
  • Film 7801G: Production Workshop 1
  • Film 7301G: Screenwriting
  • Film 7302G: Script Analysis and Development
  • Film 7431G: Distribution and Exhibition
Electives (21 credits)

The following elective titles are rubrics only. Topics will change every semester so that students can take a particular course more than once.

  • Film 7011G: Directors
  • Film 7012G: Genres
  • Film 7021G: National Screen Cultures
  • Film 7022G: Global Screen Cultures
  • Film 7031G: Special Topics in Film and Screen Theory
  • Film 7032G: Special Topics in Film and Screen History
  • Film 7033G: Screen Aesthetics
  • Film 7034G: Screen Technologies
  • Film 7035G: Festival Studies
  • Film 7036G: Production Studies
  • Film 7037G: Studies Symposium
  • Film 7038G: Screen Pedagogies
  • Film 7141G: Filmmaker’s Symposium
  • Film 7513G: Editor’s Symposium
  • Film 7901G, 7902G or 7903G: Independent Research 1, 2 or 3
  • Film 7911G, 7912G or 7913G: Film Internship 1, 2 or 3
Capstone (3 credits)
  • Film 7050G: Thesis Project
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Brooklyn, NY 11210

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