Program Overview

Cinema and Screen Studies

Overview

Cinema and screen studies focuses on the history, theory and criticism of cinema, as well as of new and pre-cinematic screen media, with a sequence in screenwriting and digital film production. The program incorporates interdisciplinary options that allow you to link studies of moving images to exciting developments in cognitive science, computer and information sciences, and the other humanities, fine arts and social sciences.

Curriculum

Bachelor of Arts

Collaborative Campus

Students from classes in SUNY Oswego's creative writing, chemistry and cinema and screen studies programs work on a recent weekend shoot in the Shineman Center, part of a collaborative effort to develop a series of short films on laboratory safety.

Outcomes

• Deploy a technical, conceptual vocabulary to describe, categorize, analyze and create films
• Recognize, apply and transform the historical frameworks through which images are received and created
• Use and deploy appropriate technologies to both analyze and create films
• Write for the screen in multiple ways and for multiple audiences
• Gain ability to work collaboratively in a variety of capacities and in the service of a shared vision

Career Opportunities

• Film or television producer
• Lighting or sound technician
• Writer
• Editor
• Crew member
• Media sales representative

Program Resources

• Oswego Film Club
• Study Abroad
• Show your work
• The Oswego Guarantee

Tuition and Costs

Our college education is affordable, see our in-state and out-of-state tuition and costs.

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