The Ph.D. program in Film and Digital Media challenges the traditionally conceived borders between creative and critical practice. The program enables potential dialogue between creative practice and theoretical knowledge as related forms of intellectual work and provides the conditions for students to realize a wide range of possible projects, including those that exist across the traditional divides of critical studies and production. Focusing on a diverse range of cultural production that includes cinema, television, video art, and Internet-based media, the Ph.D. program participants interrogate the historical, aesthetic, political, ideological, and technological aspects of these media forms across a range of international contexts, investigating their points of connection and convergence as well as their relationship to broader cultural and historical change. The program thus prepares students for intellectually informed creative practice as well as theoretical and critical production in a range of environments, not limited to traditional academic contexts.<br><br>FILM AND DIGITAL MEDIA PH.D. PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES<br>Students who earn a Ph.D. in Film and Digital Media will gain the skills, knowledge, and understanding that will enable them to:<br><br>1. Demonstrate that student's critical study of media informs the student's media-making practices<br>2. Demonstrate knowledge of video and/or digital media production<br>3. Demonstrate critical thinking and analytical skills appropriate doctoral work in to the discipline of film and digital media<br>4. Demonstrate research skills appropriate to doctoral work in the discipline of film and digital media<br>5. Demonstrate scholarly writing skills appropriate to doctoral work in the discipline of film and digital media