film studies program

The M.A. in Humanities is a 36 credit hour program, with course work divided between film studies courses and an additional humanities/arts department. The curriculum requires students to complete 12 credit hours of course work designated as film studies, 12 credit hours in one of the humanities or arts departments, and 6 credit hours of elective credit. In their final semester, students enroll in 6 credit hours of project supervision/thesis guidance.

CAS Graduate Courses in Film Studies

Media Study
DMS 512 Film Theory
DMS 513 The Filmic Text
DMS 520 The Dream in Film and TV
DMS 521 Third World Cinema
DMS 540 Women Directors
DMS 574 Seminar on Postmodernism
DMS 531 Seminar in the Image I

English
ENG 567 (Fall) Literature & Film
ENG 568 (Spring) Literature & Film
ENG 683 American Film History
ENG 648 Psycho-Analytic Criticism

Romance Languages and Literatures
FR 593 Cinema & Literature
ITA 529 Italian Cinema I
ITA 530 Italian Cinema II
ITA 409/534 Masterpieces of Italian Cinema
ITA 410/533 European Women Directors

African American Studies
AAS 540 Black American Film Aesthetics

Admissions and Applications
Please click here to fill out the application or to obtain more
information regarding admissions from the UB Graduate School. When applying through this link, make sure to select the degree program called Humanities Interdis.-(Concentration Film Studies) (MA). This is the correct application for this program.

Application deadlines are September 15th for spring admission and January 15th for fall admission.

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