<p>Which school have great programs in both Political Science and Film? I'm looking to double-major in both. I'm looking for any school regardless of size.</p>
<p>NYU's great for film and I'm sure they've got a fine polsci department. Finding schools with solid polisci departments shouldn't be too hard. Finding a good place for film will be much more difficult.</p>
<p>USC has arguably the best film school in the world.....and also they are very lenient about double majoring and actually give out scholarships to those who succesfully complete two radically different majors..
From what iv heard the USC polsci program is pretty good..</p>
<p>Poly Sci is an extremely popular major at USC, and the School of Cinematic Arts has an excellent program. You might also want to check out USC's School of Policy, Planning, and Development as an alternative to poly sci, as it offers a unique approach to the fields of public policy and public administration. USC encourages students to double-major.</p>
<p>Also look at Michigan.</p>
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<p>Consider Northwestern. Good combination of PoliSci and Film programs.</p>
<p>USC, definitely. Maybe Chapman. </p>
<p>Pretty much any school in CA is going to be a good bet for film, and almost all schools have good PS programs.</p>
<p>I would also look at Webster University in St. Louis. It's a smaller school (about 3,000 undergrads) with a full-blown film production major. They also have a very strong poly sci department.</p>
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<p>Pepperdine University in Malibu. Has good film and poly sci and can't beat the location.</p>
<p>My school, Wesleyan, is vrey strong in Film studies (which is slightly different from film production, BTW. You should look into which, if either, you prefer), and a good gov. department. You might also want to check out Columbia and Vassar .</p>
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<p>there are many good options:</p>
<p>Florida State University
New York University
Northwestern University
Syracuse University
University of California-Los Angeles
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
University of Southern California
University of Texas-Austin
Wesleyan University</p>
<p>Any of those schools would be great if you ask me.</p>
<p>As others have noted, you need to look closely at the film programs. Many schools have programs in film studies that are primarily theory and critique. Some have a small production component. Others have more production and technical emphases (direction, setting, lighting, digital media, etc). There are fewer of these programs around but they are available throughout the country. Florida State, UT-Austin, NYU and USC are all higher profile but others are certainly good options. </p>
<p>Good luck with your search.</p>
<p>Film studies or film-making? Makes a big difference. Wisconsin has a top film studies program but no film-making to speak of. Also a top poli sci dept. Many film studies people do end up in Hollywood or NY. The directors of Ghost, Airplane, The Last of the Mohicans, Ghost World and many others for example plus several top TV producers.</p>
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<p>If you do Production, at least at USC, you will not have the time to double major. If you do Critical Studies there will be time to take a second major. The issue is not classroom time, but out of class activities for Production. CS, with its heavy writing and analytical requirements, will segue better with Political Science than Production.</p>
<p>OP,</p>
<p>Info on double-majoring across schools at Northwestern:
Double</a> Majors Across Schools, Majors, Minors, and Certificates, Undergraduate Students, WCAS, Northwestern University</p>
<p>Edit: you need 45 courses to graduate. The film major requires 15 courses and you still have 30 courses left, definitely enough room for a second major in poli sci. You can even add a certificate in sound design or creative writing for media.</p>
<p>i could be VERY wrong on this, but i was told if you get into the Tisch school at NYU, they do not allow any flexibilty...no double major. but as i said, i could be misinformed. ( and maybe film isn't even housed in Tisch!)</p>
<p>^More edit: out of those 30 courses, 6 actually go to foreign language requirement (most people who have courses in HS can place out at least some of them though), 5 are from science/humanities/fine arts and 3 are from social science. Poli sci courses would take care of the 3 social science requirement anyway so you don't need to worry about those. So you actually have 19 left, still enough for a poli sci major which requires 15 poli sci courses. If you can place out some of the language and science distribution requirements using AP..etc, you will have enough room for one of the certificates I mentioned. This is the kind of things you want to figure out before applying if you want to double-major.</p>
<p>I think two schools worth looking at are NYU and USC.</p>