BA in Film and Media Studies (Interdisciplinary) in Milwaukee United States | Marquette University

The Film and Media Studies interdisciplinary program equips students with a sophisticated comprehension of media's role in shaping global perspectives and individual agency. Through rigorous examination of media content, production methods, and audience interactions, students explore diverse sectors including journalism, advertising, public relations, and cinema within multifaceted frameworks of history, culture, society, economics, law, and ethics. Grounded in liberal arts traditions, this major cultivates theoretical knowledge and analytical skills that empower graduates to become globally engaged thinkers. The curriculum develops versatile critical thinking and writing abilities applicable across academic and career environments. You'll investigate media systems through historical, sociocultural, economic, legal and ethical lenses. Develop tools to interpret our media-saturated contemporary world. Employ research methodologies to analyze and assess media critically. Study the evolving historical, legal, and cultural connections among media institutions, cultural production, and social structures. Cultivate ethical awareness regarding media's societal responsibilities. Master analytical techniques to assess media content and its personal and collective influence.