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Film and Media Studies - MA

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Film and Media Studies Graduate Master of Arts

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Program Type

Master's Degree

Program Description

The Department of Film and Media Studies at UC Santa Barbara is the academic home to roughly 600 undergraduate majors and 30 graduate students. While the graduate core focuses on history, theory, and critical analysis, the M.A./Ph.D. program nurtures innovative research projects with an eye to the future of the field. The research of our distinguished faculty, which has helped define the discipline over time, is currently shaping new sub-fields around environmental media, media industry and policy, risk and media, data visualization, sound studies, and global and emergent media.

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Graduate and Professional Pathways

  • Entertainment industry

  • Education

  • Technology sector

  • Film and Media Studies

  • MFA Programs in Producing, Directing, or Animation

  • Law

Top Employers

  • Talent Agencies

  • Media Production--Screenwriting, Producing, Filmmaking

  • Advertising

Program Highlights

  • Our program offers curatorship opportunities

  • We encourage our students to study abroad and complete internships

Related Disciplines

  • Film and Media Programs (MFA, MA PhD )

  • History of Art and Architecture (BA, MA, PhD)

  • Art Department (BA, MFA)

  • English (BA, MA, PhD)

  • History (BA, MA, PhD)

Associated Interests

  • Global perspectives

  • Climate and environment

  • Data science

  • Technology and society

  • Gaming cultures