Experience the
Art of Change
Welcome
Film and digital media are key technologies of our age and central engines of California’s economy. By studying their global cultural impact and by producing a new generation of media-literate media-makers, our program provides the critical and artistic vision vital to 21st-century citizenship.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
UC Santa Cruz is located on the unceded territory of the Awaswas-speaking Uypi Tribe. The Amah Mutsun Tribal Band, comprised of the descendants of Indigenous people taken to missions Santa Cruz and San Juan Bautista during Spanish colonization of the Central Coast, is today working hard to restore traditional stewardship practices on these lands and heal from historical trauma.
News
Professor John Jota Leaños selected as new Interim Dean of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for Division of Arts
From University News: “[Prof. Leaños] is a Mexican/Italian-American and Chumash-award winning interdisciplinary artist, documentarian, animator, and social art practitioner whose work engages the intersections of history, memory, and power through a social justice lens.
“A Dean of DEI is essential because higher education has historically been a site where systematic inequities are both reproduced and, potentially, dismantled,” says Leaños. “This position reflects an institutional commitment to addressing those inequities directly and intentionally.
Advising
The department has a team of advisors that can help current students understand major or minor requirements, prerequisites, and how to plan courses. They work closely with the faculty in our program, and can recommend both appropriate faculty mentors and educational opportunities within and related to your major or minor.