影视研究硕士课程要求总共64个学分。在第三学期，学生为最终的研究生论文项目准备一份招股说明书，并将其提交给研究生院批准。该项目通常是原始奖学金的书面作品，但学生们可以选择创建具有类似范围且具有类似扎实的历史或理论基础的多媒体项目。研究生项目将按照MFA要求计为8个课程学分。
The Boston University Master of Fine Arts in Film & Television Studies offers you a chance to study what you love - and then turn that passion into a career. COM's four-semester MFA program inspires students to view the field's changing landscape from multiple perspectives. Youll develop a critical eye for film, television, podcasts, and online media as art forms and commodities while examining their historical, political, and sociocultural dimensions.<br><br>With only four required classes, students focus on aspects of the field that most appeal to them as they prepare for future professional and academic success. Possible topics to explore: film and television history, critical and cultural theory, the media industries, American independent film, avant-garde film and experimental media, sports media, religion and television, queer theory, and popular genres such as comedy and horror.<br><br>Students find a special emphasis on television history and industry and on global cinema historyparticularly the films of Latin America, Western Europe, and Asia - as well as courses on international movements and new waves.