Training
•Bullet: 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
•Bullet: Coursework follows cinema from early film through contemporary global work while examining theory, criticism, narrative, documentary and experimental forms
Performance & Productions
•Bullet: Students analyze how race, gender, politics and technology shape moving images, pairing close reading with research and writing across disciplinary methods
•Bullet: The program’s cross-department design lets film history and aesthetics sit beside questions of language, identity, institutions and social change
Professional Development
•Bullet: Buffalo Film Seminars, campus screenings, festivals and public events extend course discussion into shared viewing and conversation
•Bullet: 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