SF州电影研究文学硕士课程为学生提供了在电影和媒体奖学金方面进行研究生研究的机会。我们认为，“电影”是指所有运动图像媒体，从早期电影到新兴的数字媒体形式。文学硕士课程不仅着重于电影史，理论和批评的研究，而且还着重于所有“电影”媒体及其相关理论的研究。该课程使学生有很大的自由度，可以在各种课程中进行选择，并朝着撰写强调与他们的兴趣相关的特定主题进行重点研究的论文方向发展。
Our M.A. program prizes the rich diversity of cinematic expression whether critical examination of mainstream media production or independent or foreign filmmaking, experimental works or new media interventions including video installation the faculty strives to broaden our students experience. Much of this takes place in the context of coursework where faculty members bring their own diverse research, theoretical and cinematic interests to bear, but also in extracurricular encounters visiting filmmakers or scholars, community events (e.g., film festivals), largely profiting from the virtue of our city, San Francisco.<br>The M.A. in Cinema Studies at SF State offers students the opportunity to pursue graduate research in cinema and media scholarship. We believe that cinema refers to all moving image media, from early films to emerging digital media forms.<br><br>The M.A. program emphasizes not only the study of cinema history, theory and criticism, but of all cinematic media and the theories related to them. The curriculum allows students considerable freedom to choose among a wide variety of course offerings, building toward producing a thesis that emphasizes focused research on a specific topic related to their interests.