Film and Media Studies Dartmouth

What Film and Media Studies Dartmouth does

The Department of Film and Media Studies at Dartmouth College is an academic unit within the Ivy League research university, offering undergraduate Major, Minor, and Modified Major programs. Founded in 1999 and headquartered in Hanover, New Hampshire, the department operates out of the Black Family Visual Arts Center and Loew Auditorium, employing approximately 7 dedicated staff alongside a broader faculty of roughly 15 professors with joint appointments across German Studies, COLT, Sociology, and LALACS. Its core technology stack includes film production equipment, a Digital Lab for post-production, the Media Ecology Project (MEP) for digital humanities research on moving-image archives, and a proprietary Semantic Annotation Tool (ACTION toolset) for archival media analysis.

The department's curriculum emphasizes multidisciplinary study of film, television, video, animation, games, graphic arts and comics, digital art, and data visualizations within a liberal arts context, combining creative production (Filmmaking, Cinematography, Animation) with critical and theoretical analysis. Research activity is anchored in MEP, which has secured multiple National Endowment for the Humanities grants (2011, 2015, 2019), Sloan Foundation funding, and a Knight Foundation grant supporting ML/CV work with the Internet Archive, plus collaborations with the National Archives and Shanghai University on archival provenance.

As a nonprofit academic unit, the department does not generate commercial revenue. Its operating budget is funded through Dartmouth College allocations and competitive external grants. The customer base is exclusively Dartmouth College undergraduates, served through on-campus instruction, the Los Angeles and Edinburgh off-campus programs, and senior culminating experiences (Senior Showcases, screenwriting, short films). External visibility is built through faculty creative work (Sundance 2023, NY Times Short Film of the Day, San Francisco International Film Festival) and student output.

Name

Film and Media Studies Dartmouth

Legal name

Department of Film & Media Studies, Dartmouth College

Website

https://film-media.dartmouth.edu

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Department of Film and Media Studies at Dartmouth College is an Ivy League undergraduate academic department offering Major, Minor, and Modified Major programs that combine hands-on film production with critical media analysis, serving Dartmouth undergraduates through on-campus and off-campus programs in Los Angeles and Edinburgh.

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Product category

Higher Education (Film and Media Studies)

NAICS

Fine Arts Schools (61161), Motion Picture and Video Industries (5121), Fine Arts Schools (611610)

SIC

Services-Motion Picture & Video Tape Production (7812)

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Film, Television & Media Arts Colleges

Education/Higher Education (Colleges & Universities)/Arts, Music & Design Colleges

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Multimedia Learning Production (Video, Animation, Interactive)

Education/Educational Publishing & Learning Content/Instructional Design & Content Development Services

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Scholarly & Academic Multimedia (Research Videos, Interactive Figures)

Education/Educational Publishing & Learning Content/Educational Media & Multimedia (Video, Audio, Interactive)

Keywords

• Film studies education
• Media studies program
• Filmmaking instruction
• Animation production
• Digital humanities research

Headquarters

HQ city

Hanover

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

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B2C

Offering type

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Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Others

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Core offering

Film & Media Studies at Dartmouth is an academic department offering undergraduate programs (Major, Minor, Modified Major) that combine the history, theory, and hands-on making of film, television, video, animation, games, graphic arts and comics, digital art, and data visualizations within a liberal arts context. Students engage with filmmaking, cinematography, documentary production, and animation, completing a Senior Showcase / Culminating Experience project, with optional off-campus study in Los Angeles or Edinburgh.

Product overview

Film & Media Studies at Dartmouth is an academic department offering undergraduate programs including a Major, Minor, and Modified Major. The department emphasizes multidisciplinary approaches to film, television, video, animation, games, graphic arts and comics, digital art, and data visualizations within a liberal arts context. Students develop creative and analytical vocabularies through courses ranging from introductory film studies to advanced filmmaking, animation, and documentary production. The department supports culminating experiences including senior showcases, film screenings, and the Los Angeles off-campus program.

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Brands

• Los Angeles DSP: Off-campus program in Los Angeles for Film & Media Studies students

Products and services

• Film & Media Studies Major Undergraduate academic program covering the history, theory, and making of film, television, video, animation, games, graphic arts and comics, digital art, and data visualizations within a liberal arts context. Offered to Dartmouth College undergraduates as a full major.
• Film & Media Studies Minor Academic minor program allowing Dartmouth undergraduates to supplement their primary major with interdisciplinary film and media studies coursework.
• Modified Major in Film and Media Studies Customized undergraduate major combining Film and Media Studies with another discipline for interdisciplinary study at Dartmouth.
• Senior Showcase / Culminating Experience Senior seminar culminating experience producing screenplays, critical studies presentations, text-based games, and short films, presented at an annual senior showcase.
• Los Angeles Off-Campus Program (DSP) Off-campus study program in Los Angeles providing film industry exposure, professional development, and experiential learning opportunities for Dartmouth Film & Media Studies students.

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Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Shanghai UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021MOU collaboration with Dartmouth for Media Ecology Project research, focusing on international studies of early cinema in China.
• Internet ArchivecoreTechnology or IntegrationCollaboration with Internet Archive as part of Knight Foundation grant to develop computer vision and machine learning capacities for moving images in the Media Ecology Project.
• National Archives (NARA)coreTechnology or IntegrationThe Media Ecology Project collaborates with NARA on provenance studies of World War I collections, developing workflows to transform the value of media archives.
• National Academy of Sciences (LabX)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerProfessor Flanagan's Tiltfactor Lab partnered with NAS's LabX to develop science-themed tabletop games for STEMM engagement.

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Recent moves6 records

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Direct peers

• NYU Tisch School of the Arts: NYU Tisch is one of the leading U.S. film schools, offering BFA, MFA, and graduate film programs. It is a direct peer in the sense that both train students in film production and media studies, though Tisch's much larger graduate offerings and industry positioning differ from Dartmouth's.
• USC School of Cinematic Arts: USC's School of Cinematic Arts is the largest and most prominent U.S. film school. It is a direct peer to Dartmouth's Film & Media Studies as both train filmmakers and media scholars; USC's graduate focus and industry scale contrast with Dartmouth's undergraduate liberal-arts model.
• Brown University Department of Modern Culture and Media: Brown's MCM combines media studies, film, and cultural theory within an Ivy League liberal-arts setting. It is a direct peer to Dartmouth's F&MS as a small Ivy undergraduate program that integrates critical media studies with production.
• Columbia University School of the Arts - Film MFA: Columbia's Film MFA is a top-tier graduate film program at an Ivy-adjacent institution. It is a direct peer to Dartmouth's F&MS in combining rigorous scholarly and production training at an elite research university.
• Harvard Department of Art, Film, and Visual Studies: Harvard's AFVS is a peer Ivy League program combining film history, theory, and production within a liberal arts context. It is a direct peer in mission and institutional setting, sharing Dartmouth's undergraduate, theory-plus-practice orientation.
• American Film Institute (AFI) Conservatory: AFI is a dedicated MFA-granting film conservatory focused on filmmaking craft. It is a direct peer in training filmmakers and media professionals, though it is graduate-only and craft-focused compared with Dartmouth's undergraduate liberal-arts model.
• Wesleyan University Film Studies: Wesleyan's Film Studies is among the most prominent liberal-arts college film programs, with a strong production and theory curriculum. It is a direct peer to Dartmouth's program in scale, liberal-arts setting, and emphasis on combining critical and creative work.
• Yale School of Art (Film area): Yale's School of Art hosts a film practice area within an Ivy League setting. It is a direct peer in providing an elite undergraduate/graduate liberal-arts film education with strong scholarly and production components.
• Stanford Department of Art & Art History (Film area): Stanford's art department includes a film and moving-image practice track within a leading research university. It is a direct peer in offering an elite undergraduate education that spans film history, theory, and production.
• UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television: UCLA TFT offers undergraduate and graduate programs in film, television, and digital media. It is a direct peer as a top-tier film/media school, comparable in academic scope (theory + production) but substantially larger than Dartmouth's department.

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