The Associate of Fine Arts in Cinema provides you with hands-on, practical experience with the basic technical, creative and business elements involved in creating visual content for film and television. You’ll learn from a distinguished faculty of filmmakers and creative professionals, many of whom continue to work in film and television development, production and postproduction. A broad foundation of liberal arts and sciences courses taught by a diverse general education faculty with rich academic backgrounds in the liberal arts and sciences exposes you to the wider world of thought and ideas that enable critical thinking, creative problem-solving and the ability to communicate your ideas and opinions effectively.
Program learning outcomes
Upon successfully completing the AFA in Cinema, students will be able to:
- Apply technical and formal elements of storytelling in cinematic arts.
- Make use of foundational tools and techniques of professional cinema production.
- Analyze works of cinema with regard to creative merits and cultural dimensions.
- Assess the practical needs of a given cinema project from development through post production.
- Model established norms and practices for collaboration and communication in professional settings.