The Bachelor of Arts in Cinematic Arts and Technology will provide opportunities for students to develop professional skills through hands on experience in film and media production coursework. Students will produce professional portfolio-quality projects throughout their time in the program to help them prepare for a professional career in the film and entertainment industry. The curriculum emphasizes creative and technical skill building coursework in balance with film and media studies coursework to produce students who are critical and ethical media creatives. The core curriculum provides foundational knowledge in film and media history and theory, as well as industry ethics and professional practices. Film studies coursework engages specifically with critical study of the representations of race, gender, ability, and sexuality in media, and global cinemas. Students in Cinematic Arts and Technology complete a film and media industry internship in their third or fourth year and also a final creative media project in their fourth year Senior Seminar course.
Careers in Cinematic Arts and Technology
Graduates from the department find employment in the rapidly growing entertainment industry. Some graduates find work in production in technical and creative crew roles on productions ranging from advertising, reality television, online media, to independent and mass market narrative and documentary films. Others may work in producing and production management, talent management, screenwriting, directing, cinematography, film and video editing, production design, and media marketing.
Cinematic Arts and Technology B.A.
· Major Core: All students complete 24 units of required coursework.
· Major Skills: All students complete 12 units of skills coursework.
· Major Electives: All students complete 8 units of elective coursework – 4 units of coursework in Representation in Film and Media Studies elective and 4 units of skills electives coursework.
