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49 Master's degrees in Film Studies in California, United States
Art - Art History and Visual Culture
The Art - Art History and Visual Culture MA course from San José State University offers a broad education in art history, including preparation for a Ph.D. degree program.
Digital Social Media
If you are interested in working in the digital and social media sector, if you want to be a social media professional or an entrepreneur in this area, if you want to understand the science and practice of digital social media, then the Digital Social Media MSc program at University of Southern California is the graduate degree experience for you.
Social Documentation
Social Documentation from University of California, Santa Cruz is designed for future documentarians committed to social change and to documenting communities, cultures, issues, and individuals who are marginalized in our current landscape of representation.
Directing
The Directing Program at University of California, San Diego develops directors who are creative, impactful leaders of highly collaborative theatrical processes.
Cinematography
The Cinematography program of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) offers comprehensive training in the aesthetic, technical and organizational aspects of cinematography.
Producing
In New York Film Academy’s Master’s of Fine Arts (MFA) Degree in Producing program, located at our Los Angeles campus, students master every step of the filmmaking production process.
Film and Television Production
Everywhere you look these days, there are screens that need content. The Division of Film and Television Production offered at University of Southern California teaches students how to make compelling, in-demand content for screens of every size-whether it's IMAX or a hand-held device. Apply to the Film and Television Production MFA program at University of Southern California.
Film Studies
In the two-year M.A. Film Studies program at Chapman University, students take courses that establish the key academic methods in the fields of film and media studies, with the opportunity to personalize their degree with a choice of electives.
Screen Scoring
The Screen Scoring MM program offered at University of Southern California is widely recognized as one of the world’s finest for musical composition in visual media; in fact, The Hollywood Erporter recently ranked the program #1.
Film, Television and Photography
The MFA in Film, Television and Photography at Mount Saint Mary's University is a two-year program designed to provide students with the skills and expertise they need to share the stories they so passionately want to tell.
Writing and Producing for Television
The Writing and Producing for Television of Loyola Marymount University trains students to become writer-producers—the showrunners and creative leaders behind today’s top TV programming.
Peter Stark Producing Program
The Peter Stark Producing Program MFA program at University of Southern California is an innovative, two-year (four-semester) full-time graduate program designed to prepare a select group of highly motivated students for careers as producers and executives of film, television, and new media.
Filmmaking
The New York Film Academy Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Filmmaking program is a highly specialized degree with intensive study in narrative storytelling, screenwriting, directing, cinematography, editing, producing, and post-production sound design.
Theater Arts
Theater Arts from University of California, Santa Cruz welcomes artists and thinkers who challenge the theory, practice and spectatorship of the performing arts.
Media Arts and Practice
The Media Arts and Practice (MA+P) MFA program offered at University of Southern California is a community of multi-media creators who are fluent in the techniques and technologies of digital art and design, cinematic media, and storytelling.
Cinema & Media Studies
The Cinema & Media Studies MA program offered at University of Southern California offers a comprehensive examination of the cultural, artistic, and commercial contexts of media creation, consumption, and scholarship.
Film Production
The three-year M.F.A. in Film Production at Chapman University is a mentoring-focused, hands-on program that explores all aspects of film production through the use of visual storytelling techniques, industry standard tools and best professional practices. Students must choose an area of specialization at the point of application in either directing, cinematography, editing or sound design.
Interactive Media
The Interactive Media Division offers the Interactive Media MFA program at University of Southern California as well as a number of courses in computer-based entertainment for non-majors. The fundamental philosophy of the division is coherent with that of the programs of the school, stressing creativity of expression, experimentation and excellence in execution.
Film and Television Production
To be seriously considered for admission, Film and Television Production applicants at San Diego State University must post a Graduate Record Exam (GRE) Verbal score of 150 or higher (450 or higher using old grading system), a math score of 142 or higher (450 or higher using old grading system), and a GRE Writing Assessment (GRE-W) of Level 4 or higher.

Theatre Arts - Directing
This Theatre Arts - Directing Concentration degree at California State University Fullerton is for students who desire a professionally oriented education and training in design and technical production, and directing.