Film and Media Studies

Film and Media Studies is a program taught at Cosumnes River College, USA. Intake: Fall, Spring. The program is offered in campus-based modes with full-time options.

Film and Media Studies at Cosumnes River College develops critical thinking and screenwriting skills. Students study film and media as an art form and as a social force through courses in aesthetics, screenwriting, genre, narrative, and representations of race, sex, class, and gender. The program also focuses on interrogating the multiple histories of film and media and considering film and media texts as artifacts that shape and reflect popular culture.

Students take required courses including Introduction to Film Studies, Film History I, Film History II, Film Genre, and Race and Gender in the Media. They also complete additional work by choosing from Introduction to Screenwriting, Film Genre: Horror, Scriptwriting for Film, Video & Multimedia, and Honors Seminar courses. Production of digital film and broadcast television is taught through the Radio, Television and Film Production program.

This major is encouraged for students who plan to transfer to university film and media programs, and for students pursuing careers that require a high level of media literacy, visual literacy, analytic skills, and writing skills. Career options listed include Filmmaker, Entertainment Writer or Editor, Producer, Screenwriter, Professor, Script Supervisor, Story Editor, Digital Content Producer, Film Festival Programmer, and Film Publicist.

Modules

• FMS 300 Introduction to Film Studies
• FMS 305 Film History I (1895-1949) (3)
• FMS 307 Film History II (1950-present) (3)
• FMS 320 Film Genre
• JOUR 320 Race and Gender in the Media
• FMS 310 Introduction to Screenwriting (3)
• FMS 321 Film Genre: Horror (3)
• RTVF 368 Scriptwriting for Film, Video & Multimedia (3)
• FMS 488 Honors Seminar: Introduction to Critical Theory (3)
• FMS 489 Honors Seminar: The Films of Alfred Hitchcock (3)

The minimum requirements for admission in Film and Media Studies at Cosumnes River College for all applicants (Domestic or International) are:

• program specific academic requirment set by Cosumnes River College.
• English Language OR any other language requirments as set by Cosumnes River College as pre-requiste for admission in Film and Media Studies.

Note: Please check the university website in the link below.

Please check detail of study units at https://crc.losrios.edu/academics/programs-majors/film-and-media-studies

• Filmmaker
• Entertainment Writer or Editor
• Producer
• Screenwriter
• Professor
• Script Supervisor
• Story Editor
• Digital Content Producer
• Film Festival Programmer
• Film Publicist

80 fully funded scholarships are listed for USA. See USA scholarships.