The Department of Media Study participates in the M.A. in Humanities degree program, an interdisciplinary program that offers a flexible curriculum and vocational preparation.
Students design individual programs, combining coursework in two chosen fields.
Graduate students take courses in both production and interpretation in Film, Video, and Digital Arts. While the Department of Media Study is committed to the preparation of artists, its total support of the individual creative vision is unlike traditional arts school curricula. Instead, the department believes that personal expression should arise from a strong general education in interdisciplinary approaches. Media Study also differs from other programs in communication because its emphasis is less on the study of abstract models of communication theory and governmental policies of management, and more on the understanding of practical human issues, such as how the new technologies are restructuring urban and global societies.