The New York University Tisch School of the Arts (tisch.nyu.edu) offers the focused programs Undergraduate Cinema Studies and Graduate Cinema Studies under the Skirball Center for New Media. Managed by the university's Department of Cinema Studies, these courses primarily include studies in the language of cinema, the material practices that produce them, and how they circulate in broadcast media and film art venues. Students can also pursue the humanities minor in Cinema Studies, which supplies them with the history, theory and aesthetics of film and moving image.
The University of California School of Cinematic Arts (cinema.usc.edu) houses the Critical Studies Division, which features programs engaged in the critical examination of mass media, pop culture and the art of filmmaking. The school offers bachelor of arts, master of arts and doctor of philosophy degrees in Critical Studies, enabling students of varying levels of knowledge about film and media studies to hone their skills and learn more about the craft and industries of film, television and interactive media. Students also explore the aesthetic, social, political and economic impacts and values of films, both in the local and international domains.
The School of Theater, Film and Television of the University of California, Los Angeles (tft.ucla.edu) offers the undergraduate degree called Bachelor of Arts in Film and Television. This undergraduate, two-year, upper-division program for students who have already completed two years of general college studies may not be focused on film and media studies alone, but it exposes students to the various aspects of film production and storytelling, which also includes film theory and criticism. Graduate students can pursue the doctoral degree in Cinema and Media Studies. This program is meant for highly qualified and motivated students who want to refine their skills and interests in their careers as film critics and media professionals.
The Film and Television Department of the Boston University College of Communication (bu.edu/com/academics/film-tv/) is home to the undergraduate degree in Film and TV Studies, which allows students to pursue their own tracks of study to cover a wide variety of film genres and media makers. These provide students with opportunities to examine films in a critical manner and write analytically about movies they watch. The master's program in Film and Television Studies is devoted to providing graduate students with more solid, broad-based education in the various facets of film, TV and media studies.