> > > the OSU Screen Studies Program welcomes you. . .
 
As one of six programs within the OSU English Department, the Screen Studies Program incorporates film studies, television studies, and studies in new media. Classes examine both American and international productions and contexts, and focus on the history, theory and aesthetics of screen-based representations, as well as their cultural and political impact. The program also offers screenwriting courses at the undergraduate level.

The Screen Studies Program is notable for its flexibility, encouraging students, for example, to combine work in the history of film with the study of popular culture, or to combine various aspects of screen studies with literary research and critical theory. Undergraduate students may elect the Film Option as part of their Bachelor's degree in English, while graduate students may pursue both the Master's degree and the Ph.D. in English with emphasis in Screen Studies.  

Graduate students plan their own programs with their advisory committees and connect with programs in language and literature, critical theory, and American studies. Faculty and graduate students teach courses in the popular undergraduate Screen Studies track. They also help present the exciterbulb film series, with monthly screenings in Stillwater during Fall and Spring semesters.

Recent or ongoing theses and dissertations by graduate students in the Screen Studies Program include:
     • A Lacanian reading of "profiler" narratives in film and television
     • A study of multicultural aesthetics in Chicano film
     • A history of cinematic exhibition in Oklahoma
     • A narratological study of the work of Stanley Kubrick
     • A Barthesian analysis of non-star acting in the cinema of Tod Browning

Teaching assistantships and other forms of support (including tuition waivers) are available to graduate students in the English Department; they are awarded on a competitive basis.

We invite you to look at some selected recent graduate course offerings in Screen Studies.

The English Department continues to build its video library and is always acquiring new state-of-the-art technical equipment. In Spring of 2008, the program will add a multimedia graduate seminar room in historic Morrill Hall exclusively for the use of Screen Studies students and faculty.