Curriculum
A Two-Year Program
The curriculum is categorized in three areas: Required Courses, Track Courses, and Elective Courses. Students must earn 38 credits in Required Courses. Track Courses allow students to specialize in their chosen field, and they earn 18-20 credits. In the Elective coursework, students earn 10-12 credits. In total, students must complete 68 credits to earn the MFA degree.
- Required Courses
- Film and Television Track
- New Media Track
- Music Track
- Theater Track
- Elective Course Descriptions
- Required Courses
- Producing Essentials
- Media, Economics and Participation
- Record Producer as Creative Artist
- Producing for the Stage
- Financial Accounting and Reporting
- Topics in Production: Professional Colloquium
- Foundations of Marketing
- Organizational Dynamics
- Copyright Law in the Digital Era
- Producing Practicum
- H65.2015.901 - Story Analysis
- H65.2008.901 / 2008.902 - Film Production
- Film and Television Track
- Directing I: The Silent Film
- Script Analysis
- Production Management I
- Aesthetics
- Hong Kong Film Festival
- Cannes International Film Market
- Producing for Film
- Producing for Television
- New Media Track
- Introduction To Computational Media on the Web
- Recurring Concepts of Arts
- Digital Tools for Communication
- Service Design for Public Space
- The New Media Marketplace
- Music Track
- Engineering the Record
- The International Music Business Marketplace
- Writing About Popular Music
- Entrepreneurship: Developing The Music Business Venture
- Music Marketing
- Theater Track
- BFA/MFA Thesis Project: TV
- Actor’s Craft
- Fundamentals of Design
- Stagecraft: Sound, Costumes, Lighting, Scene and Model-making
- World Theater Festivals and Marketplace
- Theater Finance and Organizational Structure
- Elective Course Descriptions
- Producing the Short Narrative Film
- Editing I
- Directing Projects: Music Video Production
- Directing Projects: Commercial Production
- Graduate Seminar in Screenwriting
- Game Studies
- From Phones to Theme Parks
- Media Internship
- Corporations
- Comparative Law of Contracts Seminar
- Accounting and Control
- Macroeconomics in the Global Economy
- Entertainment Business Law
