Training
•The interdisciplinary BA brings together Media Study, English, Africana and American Studies, Communication, Sociology and Criminology, Romance Languages and Literatures, and Gender and Sexuality Studies
•Coursework follows cinema from early film through contemporary global work while examining theory, criticism, narrative, documentary and experimental forms
Performance & Productions
•Students analyze how race, gender, politics and technology shape moving images, pairing close reading with research and writing across disciplinary methods
•The program’s cross-department design lets film history and aesthetics sit beside questions of language, identity, institutions and social change
Professional Development
•Buffalo Film Seminars, campus screenings, festivals and public events extend course discussion into shared viewing and conversation
•Media Study facilities include a 200-plus-seat auditorium with HD projection as well as production and computing spaces for understanding how screen works are made
