Online Film & Media Studies Degrees

Bachelor of Arts in Film Studies minor, you can combine English, theatre, communication, and more to discover a broad range of film elements. You learn about the production, distribution, exhibition, history, and theory of film while absorbing aesthetic, anthropological, cultural, economic, political, and social perspectives. This interdisciplinary studies minor allows you to explore a variety of genres and approaches to film and to practice analyzing films through in-class discussion, written assignments, and visual production.

This Online or Distance Learning Producing workshop gives students an introductory overview of the entire producing process. Courses include: Producer's Craft (students learn the elements of production management, including identifying and developing material for the screen, financing, budgeting and scheduling), Pitching (an essential producing skill), Film Festival Strategies, as well as an introduction to the various crafts of filmmaking including: Screenwriting, Directing and other key creative roles.

Columbia University has the distinction of being the first university in the United States to recognize the importance of Film Studies as an academic discipline, back when Victor Freeburg launched the Photoplay Composition class in 1915. Today, we remain committed to a pedagogy that considers the vanguard of change as moving-image media continue to evolve into the present. But we also explore what cinema has been historically as both an American and an international sociocultural phenomenon. Students in our program learn from a world-class faculty while living in one of the leading cities for film research and filmgoing.

This workshop focuses on how a filmmaker writes, preps for and directs a short film while focusing on the fact that good storytelling is never about the technology but rather the story and the acting.

The M.A. in Global Film and Television is an online course, offering a range of distinct critical and theoretical approaches. You will be asked to explore the dynamic relationship between visual style and social commentary in the work of film and television from around the world. As the industries of film and television become increasingly interconnected, the course considers their shared stylistic and contextual relationships.

A studio minor in Film and Video provides students with technical training coupled with a historical and critical examination of the medium.

Join the cutting-edge MA in Film and Television Production at UH Online, a practical and immersive online programme that empowers aspiring filmmakers and producers. Enhance your creative practice and gain essential production skills in directing, producing, editing, and screenwriting, preparing you for a successful career in the industry. Delve into specialist modules, elevating your critical judgement and technical expertise. Master advanced editing techniques, cinematography, documentary practices, and writing for film and television. Acquire the knowledge and skills to contribute at a professional level in film and television production.

Develop your unique voice and the skills and knowledge needed for the industry. Channel the spirit of radical creativity into your practice, learning from professionals to enhance your screen production and research skills in a rapidly developing field. From screenwriting, casting and pitching to production management, filming and editing, this online master’s in Film & Television will help you develop technical prowess across pre-production and post-production. You will also be challenged to innovate; questioning industry traditions, conventions and creative canons to carve your own original space in the industry. Whether you are already working in the industry, have just finished an undergraduate degree or are after a career change and want to level up your skillset, we'll help you bring innovation and originality to your chosen specialism.

Whether you’re brand new to filmmaking or looking to refresh your core skills, Cinematography Fundamentals lets you chart your own course. You can work your way through our dynamic video lessons according to your own schedule; submit a final reel, and get written feedback on your project from a distinguished NYU instructor.

Columbia University’s MFA Theatre Program is collaborative, international, and interdisciplinary. It defines itself by its location in New York City. It thrives on the extensive network of Columbia alumni and faculty who work in prestigious theatres at every level, who direct and perform in award-winning productions, and who engage with our students far beyond the classroom.