FILM-BA - Film and Media Studies (BA)

Learning outcomes are used in evaluating students and the department’s undergraduate program.

Students in historical studies are expected to demonstrate:

• Knowledge and awareness of art and/or film terminology and concepts

• Ability to develop compelling and nuanced lines of interpretation

• Improved critical thinking skills using primary and secondary source materials

• Improvement in analytical writing skills and close reading skills

• Ability to form and validate their own and others’ opinions through knowledge of artistic movements and socio-historical events

Students in creative art are expected to demonstrate:

• Enhanced awareness of the role of art in intellectual and cultural life

• Problem-solving skills to organize, analyze, and interpret visual information

• Mastery of techniques and materials of a discipline with awareness of historical and current practices

• Selection of materials, processes, form, and content to achieve poetic and expressive relationships to artistic media

• Ability to apply critical analysis to the student’s work and the work of others

• Practical techniques for the preparation and presentation of work consistent with professional practices in the field