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Some media studies degrees emphasize theory. Others focus on production. The New School's Media Studies master's degree is one of the few in the country that allows you to integrate coursework in media theory, media production, and media management. Whether you're a social activist producer or media manager, a filmmaker or media theorist, a web designer or a media writer, this degree program will help you put theory into practice, guided by a faculty of media professionals from all walks of academic, artistic, and commercial life, who strive to be humane and thoughtful citizens in an increasingly mediated world. In an era defined by rapidly changing information and communication technologies, your master's degree in Media Studies can give you the competitive edge you need to break through the noise.
Balancing a career and coursework can be challenging. The New School makes it easier to earn your MA degree by holding most classes in the late afternoon and evening. As a Media Studies student, you have access to state-of-the-art Knowledge Union facilities in video, audio, and multimedia, as well as access to our recently remodeled film production facility, not to mention all the resources of the media capital of New York City. You can study on a part-time (6 credits or fewer) or full-time (9 credits or more) basis. The academic year consists of 15-week fall and spring semesters and an intensive six-week summer term.
Earn your master's degree at your own pace and enjoy the convenience of "going to class" at any hour of the day or night. The online program of study allows you to satisfy all the requirements for the MA in Media Studies anywhere you have access to the internet.
Documentary Studies Faculty Member Wins Academy Award
Cynthia Wade, a Documentary Studies faculty member, won the Academy Award in the Short Documentary category this year for her film Freeheld.
Freeheld chronicles Detective Lieutenant Laurel Hester’s struggle to transfer her pension to her domestic partner, Stacie Andree, after she was diagnosed with terminal cancer. A 25-year veteran of the police force of Ocean County, New Jersey, Hester spent the last year of her life battling for justice for the woman she loved.
Cynthia Wade teaches cinematography in the graduate Certificate program in Documentary Media studies at The New School. She directed and shot Shelter Dogs, an award-winning HBO documentary that was broadcast in seven countries, and directed and edited the award-winning 1999 Cinemax documentary Grist for the Mill. Wade was also coproducer and cinematographer of the 1998 PBS documentary Taken In: The Lives of America’s Foster Children, winner of the prestigious duPont Columbia Award for Excellence in Journalism. She has worked as director of photography for PBS, HBO/Cinemax, A&E, Discovery, The History Channel, MTV, AMC, Oxygen, and TNT. Wade has made dozens of films for corporate and nonprofit clients, including Intel, the National Guard, and the Job Corps.
Alumna receives a Fullbright Scholarship
Farrah Qidwai, a New School for General Studies alum, will travel to India in the spring semester as a Fulbright Scholar. Qidwai received both an MFA in Creative Writing (*03) and an MA in Media Studies (*07) from The New School. In her project, entitled *Unveiling the Muslim Screen Siren in 1970s Bollywood Cinema,* Qidwai will analyze the role played by Muslim actresses in articulating Indian identity in Hindi cinema. She builds on the methodological groundwork laid by the scholar Richard Dyer, whose investigations of *star texts* explored film stars as symbols of U.S. society.
Media Studies Student Awarded Fulbright Award
Tricia Perry will go to Brazil, where her project will involve the creation of a visual "new media" human rights education program about people living with AIDS/HIV in Brazil. She will partner with the Center for Human Rights of the Pontifical Catholic University and Pela Vidda in Rio de Janeiro, as well as with Gesto in Recife.
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