LMU的电影，电视和媒体研究（FTVS）专业使学生有机会探索将媒体用作个人表达工具以及使我们了解周围世界的工具的多方面方法。电影，电视和媒体研究为学生提供了解该学科的问题和疑虑所需的历史和理论基础，同时为他们提供工具来批判性地研究自己的看法受到媒体塑造和影响的方式。课程邀请学生反思视觉文本在跨国和跨媒体环境中的传播方式。通过我们筛选的电影/媒体文本，课堂讨论和指定的阅读材料，我们旨在扩大学生对各种文化，民族历史和宗教观点的理解，同时传授全球视野。
LMU's Film, Television and Media Studies (FTVS) major gives students the opportunity to explore the multi-faceted ways in which the media is used as a vehicle for personal expression as well as a tool for making sense of the world around us.<br>Film, Television and Media Studies provides students with the historical and theoretical foundations needed to understand the issues and concerns underpinning the discipline while giving them the tools to critically examine the ways in which their own perceptions have been shaped and influenced by the media.<br><br>Courses invite students to reflect on how visual texts circulate in transnational and transmedia contexts. Through the film/media texts we screen, class discussions and assigned readings, we aim to expand students understanding of various cultures, national histories and religious points of view, while imparting a global perspective.<br><br>Students are encouraged to take part in LMU's Study Abroad programs as well as to take elective courses that highlight the creative arts in order to integrate the critical and creative. Suggested creative arts courses include screenwriting (SCWR), production (PROD), recording arts (RECA) and animation (ANIM) courses open to non-majors, creative writing courses offered by the English department, and art, music, theatre and dance courses available to non-majors. <br><br>Additionally, we encourage students to pursue a minor that complements their Film, Television, and Media Studies major courses. Recommended options include: English, Theatre Arts, Political Science, Psychology, History, Environmental Studies, Philosophy, Theology, Asian Pacific Studies, Modern Languages, Classics and Archaeology, African American Studies, Chicana/o and Latina/o Studies and Women's and Gender Studies.