NU's film and art programs?!

[Sam_Lee]

<p>There’s actually nothing “journalistic” about NU’s film program. In fact, journalism and film are in two different schools at Northwestern (school of journalism vs school of communications). </p>

<p><a href=“http://www.bu.edu/com/grad/pdf/Hollywood.PDF[/url]”>http://www.bu.edu/com/grad/pdf/Hollywood.PDF&lt;/a&gt;

Unique advantages:An "aesthetics first"approach to study; active interest in interactive entertainment; a fiercely loyal alumni base dubbed “the NU mafia”</p>

<p>Ideal for:Self-starters with a collaborativespirit. Associate professor David Tolchin-sky believes the strong ties that NU
grads feel to the school and each other is due in large part to the unique grantsystem, which has students getting their media projects approved and funded by other students. “It’s a very healthy environment, with students learning production within classes but also from one another,” Tolchinsky says. A word from an alumnus: Screenwriter
Eric Bernt (Rogue Pictures’ January release “The Hitcher”) says that focus on design over technical know-how leads
to student work “very different from what you see coming out of NYU or AFI or UCLA, which all look like they’re geared for Hollywood.”

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<p>Don’t know anything about the art program. All I know is the art history program is supposed to be one of the top in the nation. NU also has its own museum on campus. [About</a>, Block Museum, Northwestern University](<a href=“http://www.blockmuseum.northwestern.edu/about/index.html]About”>What's Inside The Block?: Block Museum - Northwestern University)</p>