Film Studies

Program Description

Film Studies at BCC offers an interdisciplinary and liberal arts approach to studying film history and film analysis. Students are introduced to the rich field of Film Studies. Depending on their interests, Film Studies students can explore film's historical development, film genres, films relationship to issues of diversity and identity, cinematic global contexts and traditions, and digital and multimedia developments in cinema. A Film Studies AA degree prepares students to transfer and provides students with the knowledge and skills necessary to succeed in various related majors at four-year institutions, such as Film, Cinema, or Media Studies.

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Career Opportunities

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Film Studies degree prepares students to transfer into a number of related majors at four-year institutions, such as Film, Cinema, or Media Studies, Theater and Performance Studies, Multimedia Studies, Liberal Arts, Interdisciplinary Studies, Cultural Studies, or Humanities.

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Learning Outcome(s)

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1. Demonstrate comprehensive knowledge of major historical developments, both artistic and technological, that have influenced cinema throughout the 20th and 21st centuries.
2. Demonstrate the ability to critically analyze, interpret and write about film using the specialized vocabulary of film studies as it has developed in the academic context and in the film industry.
3. Demonstrate critical understanding of film's role in developing, sustaining, and reflecting different personal, community, and nation-specific identities (around notions of race, ethnicity, class, gender, language, culture, etc).
4. Demonstrate an understanding of significant movements, genres, and styles within film history globally and transnationally, as well as the theoretical frameworks that have shaped, supported, or countered them.