Film and Television Studies

Dartmouth Alums With This Major

• Reporter/Staff Writer, Omaha World-Herald
  (Texas, Dartmouth '02)
• Producer, Special Ops Media
  (New York, Dartmouth '04)
• President, Waverly Motion Pictures LLC
  (Massachusetts, Dartmouth '72)
• Documentary Producer/Visual Artist, Mint Leaf Productions
  (California, Dartmouth '86)
• Landscape Designer, Peter Walker and Partners
  (Washington, Dartmouth '90)
• Supervising Attorney, Family Law Unit
  (Virginia, Dartmouth '90)
• Web Editor & Freelance Writer, Italian Cooking & Living
  (New York, Dartmouth '94)
• Screenwriter, Self Employed
  (California, Dartmouth '97)
• Director of Client Services, Tamale Software, Inc.
  (Illinois, Dartmouth '98)
• Composer for Film, Self Employed
  (California, Dartmouth '01)
• Supervisor, Royal & SunAlliance
  (New York, Dartmouth '96)
• Professor, Dartmouth College
  (New Hampshire, Dartmouth '71)

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Major Description

Through a wide variety of theoretical courses as well as a limited number of courses in film and video production and screening, the department offers a major which provides a common grounding for all students in the theory, history, and criticism of film and television, while at the same time it asks that students take at least one course with a production component.

Skills Acquired

What is this?

• Audio/Visual Analysis
• Media Literacy
• Critical Thinking
• Research Skills
• Production project planning and budgeting
• Skills in using analog and digital imaging and sound systems

Possible Career Paths

• Film
• Television
• Radio
• Internet
• Advertising
• Non-Broadcast Video Systems
• Business

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