Schools with good programs in both Political Science and Film?

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<p>Anybody else?</p>

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<p>hello…??</p>

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<p>I’m looking at Film Studies.</p>

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<p>Outside California UW has by far the best film studies in the US. They wrote the book on it.</p>

<p><a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Bordwell[/url]”>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Bordwell&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>DEFINITLY check out Wesleyan, then, at least if you’re at all interested in smaller schools. We also have one of the strongest film studies departments, and are a very different kind of school than UW.</p>

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<p>UW is just Wes on steroids. Right down to the chalkers.</p>

<p>[2008</a> Wisconsin Film Festival : Madison : 3-6 April](<a href=“http://www.wifilmfest.org/]2008”>http://www.wifilmfest.org/)</p>

<p>[Wisconsin</a> Alumni Association  - Finger Lickin’ Funny](<a href=“http://www.uwalumni.com/home/alumniandfriends/onwisconsin/archives/spring2007/funny.aspx]Wisconsin”>http://www.uwalumni.com/home/alumniandfriends/onwisconsin/archives/spring2007/funny.aspx)</p>

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<p>I mainly just meant in size: UW sounds really cool, but a big state school is (IMO) really differant from a small LAC. I mean, OP, it depends on waht you’re looking for: you could like both, I just know that for me, one worked and the other didn’t at all.</p>

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<p>I was mostly just joshing you Wes. They are pretty different but in their groups–similar. UW is known as being the most liberal school in the Big 10 with lots of politically correct types, demonstrations for every cause, some old style hippie students, etc. Wes is known as one of the most liberal LACs.</p>

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<p>it really depends on what you want to do with your education. for example nyu teaches you how more of how to raise your own funds, etc while usc teaches you how to test the waters</p>

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<p>My son told me that they used UW-Madison’s David Bordwell’s text in his introductory cinema class at USC. Unfortunately, Bordwell is now retired.</p>

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<p>Yes, but he still is active on campus and available to students as well ay weekly film reviews. His presence attracted several outstanding young faculty including one of the few Distinguished Teacher of the Year award winners given to only a handful of faculty on campus.</p>

<p><a href=“http://commarts.wisc.edu/People/Bios/bordwell.htm[/url]”>http://commarts.wisc.edu/People/Bios/bordwell.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p><a href=“http://commarts.wisc.edu/[/url]”>http://commarts.wisc.edu/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Yes he is still around. A couple of years ago I went to hear him speak under the aegis of the Humanities something or other. A great lecturer.</p>

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<p>Would Columbia, Stanford, Dartmouth be good places to go for people with a primary political science persuasion and a side interest in film (me)?</p>

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<p>check out American University they have a good film program and political stuff cuz it’s located in D.C. I visited the other day and it’s a very nice campus, the people were pretty friendly. They were telling us about ppl interning at CNN and the white house. On Wed they close down the campus so ppl can have full day internships.DEFINITLY check out the website. I would go here for film but it cost like 30000</p>

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<p>check out American University they have a good film program and political stuff cuz it’s located in D.C. I visited the other day and it’s a very nice campus, the people were pretty friendly. They were telling us about ppl interning at CNN and the white house. On Wed they close down the campus so ppl can have full day internships.DEFINITLY check out the website. I would go here for film but it cost like 30000</p>