The Master of Arts in Communication, Concentration in Film, Video, and Digital Imaging has two tracks:
- Moving Image Production
- Moving Image Studies
The tracks in Moving Image Production provide students with practical experience in the production of moving-image works and emphasize the aesthetic and narrative dimensions of moving image works. Students in these tracks produce creative theses (videos/films, new media works or feature screenplays).
Those in the Moving Image Studies track write research theses examining problems in the theory and history of moving images. The M.A. track in Moving Image Studies can be pursued as an end in itself (for example, working educators in English and the humanities who find themselves increasingly working with moving images in their disciplines), but is often the stepping stone for pursuing the doctorate.
We admit students in spring and fall semesters for the Moving Image Studies track, but only in the fall semester for the Moving Image Production track.The next available terms for admission consideration are:
Spring 2019.
Moving Image Studies track
Application Deadline: November 15th
Fall 2019
Moving Image Production track
Application Deadline: March 15th (PRIORITY Deadline February 15th for assistantship consideration)
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Master of Arts (Research thesis option: minimum 36 hours)
- Three hours of core courses: FLME 6020.
- Twenty-one to twenty-seven hours of courses designated by the area of concentration.
- Up to six hours of coursework in related fields.
- Proficiency in a foreign language or approved research skill.
- Six hours of FLME 6990, thesis research.
- A successful prospectus defense.
- A research thesis.
- A successful research thesis defense.
Master of Arts (Creative thesis option: minimum 36 hours)
- Seven hours of core courses: FLME 6020 and FLME 6155.
- FLME 6135 (Digital Cinematography) and FLME 6145 (Digital Editing)
- Seventeen to twenty-six hours in Film and Media at the graduate level.
- Up to nine hours of coursework in related fields.
- Proficiency in a foreign language or approved research skill.
- Three hours of FLME 6990, thesis research
- A successful prospectus defense.
- A creative thesis project.
- A successful creative thesis defense.
Master of Arts (Course-Intensive option: minimum 36 hours)
- Seven hours of core courses: FLME 6020 and FLME 6155.
- Twenty to twenty-nine additional hours in Film and Media at the graduate level.
- Up to nine hours of coursework in related fields.
- Proficiency in a foreign language or approved research skill.
To apply for the M.A. concentration in Film/Video/Digital Imaging, you will need:
* statement of purpose
* two (2) letters of recommendation
* CV or resume
* GPA of 3.0 or higher
* official GRE scores, submitted by the deadline (current recommended GRE minimums are 153 on the verbal portion and 144 on the math portion, though our applicants’ average tends to be higher than that; please check our webpage closer to the date of application for current information. NOTE: production track applicants do not need to take the GRE)
* transcripts from previous universities, including the one that granted your BA
* application fee.
The application does not require a creative sample, but if you would like to include (in your CV or statement of purpose) a link to your materials online, the graduate committee will take a look. Video material should not exceed 20 minutes in length, if you choose to provide that.