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Film and Media Studies

The Film and Media Studies degree combines a solid business education with behind-the-scenes technical skills, so you learn everything you need to run the show. We’ll teach you to produce compelling stories through a range of platforms, from podcasts to movie screens. First, you’ll explore cultural, social and political aspects of media. Then, you’ll get hands-on experience in production techniques, culminating in an internship or capstone project. Explore your interests in photography, video or sound design, and learn how to put your passion to work.

As a Film and Media Studies major, you will graduate with a broad knowledge of business by completing courses that are part of the Business Administration minor. You will also have the option of complementing your major with a Business Administration major, or any other approved Bentley major, by using some of your free electives to take additional courses.

by the Numbers

$58K

Film and Media Studies Median Starting Salary

Bentley University CareerEdge

93%

Film and Media Studies Job Placement Rate

Bentley University CareerEdge

90%

of students complete at least one internship

Bentley Institutional Research

Explore our Film and Media Studies Degree

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Films, Franchises, and Fandom: Superheroes in Popular Culture (EMS 406)

In the last 15 years, Hollywood has produced an extensive catalog of films and television programs, particularly developed by the Marvel Cinematic Universe, that has fundamentally transformed prior notions of rigid representations of the superhero archetype. And as a lucrative and successful industry franchise that is dependent on fandom, it feeds from a desire produced by its ardent audiences to tell stories of enhanced heroes who are as equally flawed, fallible, and vulnerable as the rest of us but where perseverance, acceptance, and redemption shows itself to be obtainable.

Taking control in the Bentley Arena

Jillian Offermann ’20 wants people to “get pumped” about Bentley and, in the new multipurpose Bentley arena, she leads a team of students and media professionals that does just do that. As technical director, she’s in charge of camera angles and shots, slow motion replays, and everything you see on the Jumbotron.

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Student clubs take center stage

Bentley’s hip-hop dance crew lets Kyrsten Arnold ’20 unwind from her demanding coursework, while making new friends and stretching out as a leader.

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Connect with Bentley Film and Media Studies faculty

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I want to produce TV shows and films. My major and a background in business help me understand both the creative and business aspects of the industry.
Grace Raczek-Hoffman
Class of 2019

See where a degree in Film and Media Studies from Bentley can take you

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