电影研究是一个跨学科课程，您将了解电影制作的技术方面，了解电影媒介的历史发展，从无声电影的早期到数字制作的最新进展，研究叙事和体裁问题，并通过分析全球和一个多世纪以来拍摄的电影，探索文化，政治和动态图像媒体之间的关系。电影研究学院教授各种课程，涉及各种主题，从新泽西州的开创性电影制作到数字运动图像媒体的最新趋势，从好莱坞到宝莱坞，从体裁理论到性别理论，从法文喜剧到黑手党电影，从第三电影院到全球的邪教电影和恐怖片。
Cinema Studies is an interdisciplinary program where you will gain an understanding of the technical aspects of filmmaking, learn about the historical development of the film medium from the earliest days of silent cinema to the most recent advances in digital production, study questions of narrative and genre, and explore the relationship between culture, politics, and moving image media, through the analysis of films produced around the globe and across more than a century. Cinema Studies faculty teach a variety of courses, engaging with a diverse range of topics from pioneering filmmaking in New Jersey to the latest trends in digital moving image media, from Hollywood to Bollywood, from theories of genre to theories of gender, from French comedies to Mafia movies, from Third Cinema to global cult films and horror.