Arts & ScienceThe list below provides links to both professional and academic institutions that may interest a student who will be graduating in Film and Media. If you have questions about whether postgraduate education is right for you, choosing between graduate school and professional school, or the application process, book an appointment with a Career Services counselor or visit the website. Film and Media faculty members will also be happy to give advice, and offer a workshop each year (during the Fall term) on how to select and apply to a graduate program in Film.
Canada
- Film Studies -- MA / MFA
- Popular Culture -- MA
- Graduate Program in Communication Studies -- MA / MCS
- -- MA
- -- MA / MFA /
- School of Media Studies -- Graduate Certificate
- Art History and Communication Studies -- MA / PhD
- Études Cinématographiques -- MA
- Screen Cultures and Curatorial Studies and Cultural Studies Program -- MA / PhD
- Royal Roads University -- MA, and -- MA
- Ryerson University -- MA, -- MFA
- Advanced Television and Film, Animation, Multimedia -- Ontario College Graduate Certificate
- Simon Fraser University -- MA / PhD
- -- Diploma in chosen field (e.g. Film Production, Animation etc.)
- University of Waterloo English Language and Literature: -- MA
- University of Western Ontario -- MA
- York University -- MA / MFA and -- MA / PhD
International
A wider selection of programs is available outside Canada. A selected list of some schools in the U.S. and U.K. is below.
Immigration requirements and high tuition and living expenses are a concern for students applying to American programs. "Fortunately, these costs are no less prohibitive for American students, so many institutions offer generous financial aid packages that include tuition and living expenses. Financial aid is generally a necessity for foreign students in the U.S., since they are not allowed to work off-campus to supplement their income. The bottom line is that there is a lot of scholarship money out there and it is definitely worth applying for."
"Most American schools also require applicants to take the GRE, a test that is now more widely available across Canada since it has become computerized." A good test result is helpful for Canadian students.... Departments may not have a sense of what your grades mean... but the GRE is considered more of an objective result and gives you a chance to compete with Ivy League grads they might also be considering."
("Finding International Programs in Film & Media Studies", Paul McEwan, in Continuity: The FSAC/ACEC Newsletter, Vol. 24 No. 4, Summer 2000.)
United States
- School of the Arts (Film, Theater, Visual Arts, Writing) - MFA
- Graduate Program - MFA
- School of Film / Video Programs - MFA
- School of Film and Television - MFA
- Theater, Film and Dance - MA / MFA
- - Bozeman Master of Fine Arts - Science and Natural History Filmmaking - MFA
- MA in Cinema Studies / MFA in Cinema
- Film, Television, and Digital Media - MA / MFA / PhD
- USC School of Cinema Television - MA / MFA / PhD
- Film Studies University of Utah College of Fine Arts - MFA
- MFA in Film and Electronic Media & MA in Film and Video
- - Tisch Institute of Film and Television - MFA
- School of Communication - MFA Directing
- School of Communication - MFA Writing
- School of Communication - MFA Stage
- - The State University of New York Department of Media Studies - MA / MFA
- Film Production - MFA
British Isles
- Film and Television Studies - MA
- Film Studies - MA
- Department of Theater, Film and TV Studies - MPhil (equivalent to an MA)
Please let us know about changes in the sites listed here, or about other sites you think we should include on the list.