School Name: Emerson College, School of Arts

Main Location: Boston, MA, United States

Established: 1880

Categories: Film History & Criticism, Film & Video Production, Screenwriting, Sound Design

Degree Categories: Bachelor's, Master's

School Presence: Campus school

Financial Aid: Available

Course Language: English

Overview: Emerson College is the only comprehensive college or university in America dedicated exclusively to communication and the arts in a liberal arts context. It is located in downtown Boston, at the gateway to the Theatre District and in close proximity to major media outlets. It also has facilities in Los Angeles and the Netherlands.

The Department of Visual & Media Arts offers undergraduate and graduate programs in film, video, television, radio and audio, new media and media studies.

The programs recognize that the visual and media arts are powerful forces that affect the minds, emotions and behavior of humankind, and they seek to educate students to become informed and ethical leaders as well as creative and successful practitioners.

The faculty includes a five-time Emmy Award-winner, a filmmaker-historian who specializes in cinema of the African Diaspora, a former White House speechwriter, and the director of the Prague Summer Experience in Film.

Graduates of the program have risen to the tops of their fields in major media and entertainment organizations in Hollywood, New York and elsewhere.

Source: www.emerson.edu/media_arts