该计划将创造性和学术性课程结合在一起，旨在发展候选人在电影和视频中制作有效艺术作品的能力。这项研究是在强大的学术环境中进行的，应聘者应期望将至少三分之一的时间花在非生产课程上，以建立历史，批判和理论方法，既可以为自己的工作提供信息，也可以为他们的创造性和学术职业道路做准备。最初，学生通过班级作业来确保在各种高级水平下接触各种形式和技术，内容和方法的问题主要由应聘者决定。MFA课程设计为三年经验，每学期平均9学分。学位要求包括电影/媒体理论或历史方面的高级课程，年度公开演讲和评论，艺术家陈述的发展，论文论文
Iowa has a long and venerable tradition of university-level film production stretching back to the 1930s. The first graduate work in Film and Television started in the early 1950s, when the Department of Radio, Television and Film was inaugurated, along with state-of-the-art film and television studios, and we have had a strong reputation for experimental film since the 1970s.<br><br>Today, our program offers a fully-funded MFA in Film and Video Production over three years. The program seeks to help students to develop an artistic vision informed by theoretical knowledge, to hone their technical skills in image design, sound, editing and more, to accumulate a strong portfolio, and to acquire essential professional skills (grants, film festivals, etc.) in view of further employment either in academia or in professional settings. All students in our program also gain the teaching experience essential for anyone wishing to enter academia. Strengths in our program include 16mm film, art-house cinema and documentary cinema in various forms.