• B.A., Film Studies, Public Relations and Advertising, Screenwriting 
• B.F.A., Film Production, Television and Broadcast Journalism, Digital Arts, Screen Acting 
• M.A., Film Studies 
• M.F.A., Screenwriting, Production Design, Film and Television Producing, Film Production (with specializations in directing, editing, cinematography, and sound design) 
• Joint degrees offered in M.F.A. Film and Television Producing/M.B.A. and M.F.A. Film and Television Producing/J.D.

• Small classes/personalized education 
• Direct contact with mentoring faculty 
• Hands-on education 
• Collaborative environment 
• Focus on discovery of one's own storytelling voice.

• 1100 students total, with 950 undergraduate and 250 graduate students
• International students from 30 countries, accounting for close to 10% of the student population

• Facilities are open for student use 24/7 
• Each student makes a film or a creative reel, writes a screenplay, or creates a campaign to serve as a calling card to the industry.

• A 76,000-square-foot facility openned in 2006
• A 500-seat theater with digital cinema and 35 mm projection. 
• All digital post-production. 
• Networked digital storage. 
• Sound stages and shop facilities.
• Graphics and digital post-production labs.
• A wide collection of DVDs and scripts for study.

Industry Insiders
A steady stream of Hollywood guests has included Robert Zemeckis, Bryan Singer, Garry Marshall, Conrad Hall, Stephen Sommers, Paul Mazursky, Richard Donner, Randa Haines, Rob Cohen, Martha Coolidge, and many, many others.

Filmmaker-in-Residence
Each Spring, a renowned filmmaker spends 15 weeks on campus. Filmmakers-in-Residence have included directors Carl Franklin, Arthur Hiller, Mark Rydell, Daniel Petrie Sr, John Badham, Peter Medak, editor Bob Jones, writer/director David Ward, Sheldon Epps, Polly Platt and David Foster.

Hayde Filmmaker-in-Residence
This program, created through a generous donation from Lynette & Michael Hayde, allows a renowned filmmaker to spend the Fall semester on campus and mentor those students who have qualified to be Hayde Scholars. 

Location filmmaking
School funded productions include filmmaking on location with student scripts and crews selected competitively.  Many films are shot on 35mm or in hi-def.

Hollywood connections

• First Cut: Select student films are screened for industry representatives at the Directors Guild of America (DGA) each fall and also at the Directors Guild in New York City each spring.
• Killer Scripts: Summaries of top student scripts are sent directly to agents, producers, and development executives. 
• Women in Focus: Annual conference featuring women in various aspects of the business.

Student production
Students get a camera in their hands from day one.

Public relations and advertising students
Take advantage of the tools of the film and television industry and the Internet to tell their stories for all types of businesses as they also learn about the marketing/promotion side of the entertainment business.

Internships
Internships are available at the major studios, networks, independent production companies and public relations and advertising agencies.  Internships abroad are also available at the Cannes Film Festival.

Alumni

• Chapman alumni are currently working at many of the major production entities, including Imagine, CBS, NBC, UPN, Universal and Disney. 
• PR and Advertising students have gone to work for agencies such as Porter Novelli; Fleishman Hillard; Foote, Cone & Belding as well as for corporations and non-profit institutions.
• Broadcast Journalism alumni have been on the air in Los Angeles, Toledo, and Pittsburgh, among other cities, on network affiliates as well as local channels.

International Connections
Chapman is one of 13 U.S. colleges and universities elected to membership in Centre International de Liaison des Ecoles de Cinéma et de Télévision (CILECT), the preeminent international body of film schools.

The DeMille Connection
The old film school building was named Cecil B. DeMille Hall in honor of endowment support from Cecilia Presley, DeMille's granddaughter.  The DeMille name will be honored at Marion Knott Studios in the grand entrance to the building.

• An independent, 4-year liberal arts-based university with 6,000 students. 
• Other professional schools include business and law. 
• Chapman University was founded in 1861. 
• The School of Film and Television was founded in 1996.
• The Dodge College of Film and Media Arts was named in 2004.