MFA in Film and Television Studies in Boston United States | Boston University

The Boston University Master of Fine Arts in Film & Television Studies offers you a chance to study what you love - and then turn that passion into a career. COM's four-semester MFA program inspires students to view the field's changing landscape from multiple perspectives. Youll develop a critical eye for film, television, podcasts, and online media as art forms and commodities while examining their historical, political, and sociocultural dimensions.

With only four required classes, students focus on aspects of the field that most appeal to them as they prepare for future professional and academic success. Possible topics to explore: film and television history, critical and cultural theory, the media industries, American independent film, avant-garde film and experimental media, sports media, religion and television, queer theory, and popular genres such as comedy and horror.

Students find a special emphasis on television history and industry and on global cinema historyparticularly the films of Latin America, Western Europe, and Asia - as well as courses on international movements and new waves.