If you?re interested in the sustainability of the natural world and related issues?climate disruption, wildlife, environmental justice, overconsumption, biodiversity loss, animal rights, food and agriculture, and a huge array of related topics?you'll want to choose the Environmental and Wildlife Filmmaking concentration. This concentration is based on the conviction that films and new media are essential educational and policy tools in the struggle to protect the environment and wildlife. You'll produce media that focus attention on the need to conserve the environment in a way that is effective as well as ethically sound, educationally powerful, and entertaining. Our Film and Media Arts MFA program is a full-time program, but it can be completed part-time. Students are generally expected to complete the 54-credit-hour program within 36 months. First year students are required to attend our Film & Media Arts Boot Camp in August before their first semester. Boot Camp teaches you the essential building blocks for production. Focusing on a digital skill set, students will work on practical exercises to get up to speed with equipment and orient those with experience to the expectations of the programs in SOC. Substitutions for Boot Camp are possible.