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Students can major or minor in film at Augustana College. Students will gain hands-on camera experience from the start in this film production program designed to incubate unique opportunities for students to create motion pictures, even before they declare the film major or minor.
In a new combined Department of Theatre and Film at Augustana, student filmmakers can expand and deepen their focus in their field, diversifying their skills, experiences and portfolios in ways a film-only program cannot provide. They can grow their perspective and creative thinking through innovative collaborations, and opportunities such as acting, directing and production design for both stage and screen.
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Film artist Stacy Barton shot her first video in 1999, and her body of audiovisual work includes short and feature narrative fiction (“Red Pearl” 2016), documentary (“In the Heart of Chile” 2007), TV magazine (“Gumbo TV” 2004), 16mm experimental, video art and multimedia sculpture.
Barton has taught in higher education since 2004, having held positions at the University of Colorado Denver, the University of West Georgia and most recently Metropolitan State University of Denver. She is excited to help build a dynamic new program at Augustana.
The 39th ranking edition from U.S. News & World Report evaluated nearly 1,500 colleges and universities on as many as 19 measures.
Augustana College has launched an innovative financial aid program — Augustana Possible — to meet 100% of demonstrated financial need for qualifying newly enrolled students.
Three new areas of study are planned: a major in film and new media and two minors in integrative medicine and the humanities, and disability.
Matthew Chezum ’25, from New Windsor, Ill., won the Student Audience Choice Eddy Award in the 2024 Cedar Rapids Independent Film Festival (CRIFF).
VIDEO: The new film and theatre department allows students to expand and deepen their focus in their field, diversifying their skills, experiences and portfolios in ways a film-only program cannot provide. Learn about opportunities for acting, directing and production design for both stage and screen.
Dr. Jane Simonsen, professor of history, was a contributor to the documentary “Jean Seberg: Actress Activist Icon,” winner of a Mid-America Emmy® Award in the historical documentary category.