B.A. in Film Studies Undergraduate Programme By Emory University |TopUniversities

B.A. in Film Studies

Main Subject Area

Communication and Media StudiesMain Subject Area

Programme overview

Main Subject

Communication and Media Studies

Degree

Other

Study Level

Undergraduate

We are surrounded by moving images-on television, in movie theaters, on our computers, and even in electronic billboards. If you can understand the ways in which media communicate visually and with sound, you can become a more media literate, perceptive, discerning and skeptical citizen in the globalized 21st century. The mission of the Film and Media Studies Department is to teach students how to make this kind of media literacy a part of their everyday lives by always thinking critically about the ways in which images and sounds create ideas. We train undergraduate and graduate students to be discerning consumers, scholars and producers of our most influential cultural forms, by grounding them in a thorough knowledge of American and international film and television history, the practices of media theory and criticism, as well as familiarizing them with the tools and methodologies of fiction and documentary filmmaking.Our medium-sized department provides students with close mentoring and an individually tailored course of study. Our majors and minors are highly motivated, passionately enthusiastic and thoroughly trained in the perception and interpretation of moving images, and as well as the skills necessary to communicate their ideas orally and in writing. Our majors and minors go on to careers in medicine, the law, business, publishing, the media entertainment industry (television networks, talent agencies, production companies) and academia, armed with the critical thinking skills that are the hallmark of an interdisciplinary liberal arts education. They are well prepared for whatever career they choose to pursue. In short, the Film and Media Studies Department plays a crucial role in the mission of Emory's College: to prepare students "to be responsible and well-informed citizens of the world.

Programme overview

Main Subject

Communication and Media Studies

Degree

Other

Study Level

Undergraduate

We are surrounded by moving images-on television, in movie theaters, on our computers, and even in electronic billboards. If you can understand the ways in which media communicate visually and with sound, you can become a more media literate, perceptive, discerning and skeptical citizen in the globalized 21st century. The mission of the Film and Media Studies Department is to teach students how to make this kind of media literacy a part of their everyday lives by always thinking critically about the ways in which images and sounds create ideas. We train undergraduate and graduate students to be discerning consumers, scholars and producers of our most influential cultural forms, by grounding them in a thorough knowledge of American and international film and television history, the practices of media theory and criticism, as well as familiarizing them with the tools and methodologies of fiction and documentary filmmaking.Our medium-sized department provides students with close mentoring and an individually tailored course of study. Our majors and minors are highly motivated, passionately enthusiastic and thoroughly trained in the perception and interpretation of moving images, and as well as the skills necessary to communicate their ideas orally and in writing. Our majors and minors go on to careers in medicine, the law, business, publishing, the media entertainment industry (television networks, talent agencies, production companies) and academia, armed with the critical thinking skills that are the hallmark of an interdisciplinary liberal arts education. They are well prepared for whatever career they choose to pursue. In short, the Film and Media Studies Department plays a crucial role in the mission of Emory's College: to prepare students "to be responsible and well-informed citizens of the world.

Admission Requirements

7+
Student must have a high school transcript.

Jan-2000

Tuition fees

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