The Film Studies Certificate Program at The Graduate Center is grounded in several convictions: that every cultivated person shares the heritage of world cinema as much as of the other arts; that film is a particularly relevant twentieth century art form; that "literacy" in cinema is a prerequisite to a richer understanding of films; that film is related to and illuminates other academic fields and disciplines; and that prospective teachers in many disciplines are better equipped to teach aspects of that discipline if they have some knowledge of film and the modes of theoretical and critical discourse about it.
The Certificate
Program in Film Studies will provide students with the critical skills
and knowledge needed to comprehend cinema as a discrete discipline with
its own methodology. In addition, the required courses are designed to
provide historical, theoretical, and critical perspectives on the cinema
derived from a variety of disciplines.
Film Studies Certificate Program Governance
The
Graduate Center
City University of New York
365 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10016
Professor Heather Hendershot, Coordinator (212) 817-8361
Mary A. Frisque, Assistant Program Officer (212) 817-8124