Columbia College Chicago has an extraordinary program in film and video, which recognizes and supports the inseparability of technique and content. Columbia College Chicago film students make films because they have stories to tell. Through hands-on learning, students create films on state-of-the-...

Columbia College Chicago has an extraordinary program in film and video, which recognizes and supports the inseparability of technique and content. Columbia College Chicago film students make films because they have stories to tell. Through hands-on learning, students create films on state-of-the-art equipment.

Our Master of Fine Arts degree emphasizes the interpretive, conceptual role of the writer/director. It is a 60-unit program and seeks out those from a variety of backgrounds. Previous experience in film and video is not necessary for entry to the program.

The program is a four to five year commitment and work in both narrative and documentary is required prior to defining a choice of emphasis for the Thesis project.

The Music Department at Columbia College Chicago offers the Master of Fine Arts degree in Music Composition for the Screen (MFA, 54 hrs).

This program will offer one of the nation's few advanced degrees in music scoring for film, television and other visual media. It is recognized as a genuine ...

The Music Department at Columbia College Chicago offers the Master of Fine Arts degree in Music Composition for the Screen (MFA, 54 hrs).

This program will offer one of the nation's few advanced degrees in music scoring for film, television and other visual media. It is recognized as a genuine point of entry to this highly competitive field. In an industry whose key figures are increasingly culled from post-graduate ranks, composers must be expected to have undergone the same kind of rigorous training as the directors, writers and actors with whom they will collaborate. An interdisciplinary curriculum drawing upon five academic departments (Music, Film/Video, Audio Arts & Acoustics, Theater and Television) will provide instruction and mentoring at the highest professional level, and project-based interaction with students in other areas of the dramatic arts will encourage the cooperative spirit that is the hallmark of great screen composers.

The final semester in Los Angeles will offer students a real-world experience in the creative, technical and business areas of the craft by way of their thesis scores and direct exposure to professionals through industry internships.

The Creative Writing Program is designed to help students develop their fiction writing ability. Degree candidates are expected to produce work of publishable quality during the course of study and complete a book-length manuscript. In addition to Story Workshop fiction and prose forms classes, the ...

The Creative Writing Program is designed to help students develop their fiction writing ability. Degree candidates are expected to produce work of publishable quality during the course of study and complete a book-length manuscript. In addition to Story Workshop fiction and prose forms classes, the program offers courses in young adult fiction, science fiction, researching and writing historical fiction, creative non-fiction, adaptation of prose fiction to script, independent study in playwriting, and new historical approaches to the study of famous writers' writing processes.