Career options for media arts graduates are wide-ranging and include entertainment, commercial, and independent productions, as well as Web development and design. We foster a dynamic, collaborative, and interdisciplinary environment for the critical study and creative practice of diverse media forms, including film, photography, audio, script writing, and new media.

Our curriculum rests on a broad-based liberal arts education, is guided by a strong foundation in history, theory and practice, and encourages students to find their commitments to innovative research and creative work within and outside contemporary paradigms. The Bachelor of Arts in Media Arts prepares students to design, produce, mange and distribute media. The Master of Arts in Media Arts allows students to further develop their areas
of focus.

NEW Media Arts Interships available. (adobe pdf)

The Four Children of Tander Welch
South Carolina filmmakers Matthew Sefick, Ashlon Langley, and Stewart Grinton in collaboration with Karla Berry and the University of South Carolina will receive $100,000 to...
Tander Welch Website

Promises Made
A documentary produced by senior media arts major, Lauren Waring, and USC Professor Susan Hogue. Its a story about a 70 year old promise to build a bridge between two rural South Carolina communities and the controversy behind that ...
Promises Made website


Past Film Events
An Evening with Brian Rutenburg and Glenn Gould
To kick off Brian Rutenberg's solo exhibit at the South Carolina State Museum, The Nickelodeon Theatre will show "Thirty-Two Short Films About Glenn Gould" on Wednesday, March 22nd at 7pm, followed by an informal discussion with Rutenberg.

When Brian Rutenberg is asked, "What is it about the late Canadian pianist, Glen Gould, that inspires you?", Brian replies, "Glenn Gould is simply my artistic role model and has been for very long time." Gould believed that the purpose of art is "the gradual, lifelong construction of a state of wonder and serenity." Rutenberg continues saying, "My subject, as Gould's was, is the idea of Ecstasy. Ecstasy is not a euphoric emotion coming from looking passively at a painting but an active give-and-take between the artist and the viewer."

Nickelodeon Theatre
SC State Museum