Overview

Recently renamed to emphasize both motion picture film and the newest of new media, the Film and Media Studies program at Columbia University facilitates exploration from the one to the other and back. It is designed to consider current theoretical approaches and to look historiographically at trends such as the transition from motion picture film to digital media.

MA in Film and Media Studies students elect to concentrate in either the Cinema/Media or Emergent Media.

The Cinema/Media track focuses on history, theory, and critical approaches to the study of cinema and media. This includes an introduction to historiography and the study of film style, genre, auteurs, silent and sound cinemas, the avant-garde, national cinemas, the political economy of world cinema, the transition from photochemical film to digital, and film and digital archives.

The Emergent Media track examines the new forms and technologies of moving-image media in the digital present, such as video games, interactive fiction, virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and the Internet of Things (IoT).

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Historiography and the study of film style, genre, auteur
Silent and sound cinemas
The avant-garde
National cinemas
The political economy of world cinema
The transition from photochemical film to digital
Film and digital archives

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-09-02 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-01-20 00:00:00

Language

English

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100

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IELTS

7.5

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Credits

30 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Manhattan, United States

Disciplines

Film Studies Media Studies & Mass Media View 215 other Masters in Film Studies in United States

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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100

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Other requirements

General requirements

Online Application
Three letters of recommendation are required for all degree program applicants
A personal statement is required for admission to each program (with the exception of Introduction to Architecture)
An academic transcript/record from each university attended and credit earned is required for all applicants. All transcripts must be received by the application deadline
Resumé/CV
English Proficiency

Tuition Fees

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73868 USD / year

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73868 USD / year

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Living costs

Manhattan

United States

2638 - 5751 USD / month

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Programme Structure

Key information

Duration

Start dates & application deadlines

Language

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Credits

Delivered

Campus Location

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

English requirements

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General requirements

Tuition Fees

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Domestic

Living costs

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Financing

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