MBA/MFA

Degree Requirements

MBA Program Outline

Required Core7.5
Menu Core15-21
Capstone Core1.5-3.0
Elective Courses21-28.5
Total51

MFA Program Outline

Core Courses46
Elective Courses14
Total60
Sample Program Sequence - Summary
YearFallSpringSummer
First YearMBA Core (15) and H68.2007 Introduction to Production Management (2)MBA Menu Core and Electives (16.5 - 18)MFA Courses (10)
Second YearMFA Core (18)MFA Core (18)MFA Thesis Work
Third YearMFA Core and MBA Electives (18)MFA Electives, MBA Electives and MBA Capstone Core (13.5-18) 

Total credits required to complete both degrees = 111

Sample Program Sequence - Details

111 total credits

First Year (Stern)

ModulesCoursesCredits
Fall: Register at Stern
September – December
(17 credits)  


Launch
Team Communication

COR1-GB.1102 Leadership 
COR1-GB.1305 Statistics and Data Analysis
COR1-GB.1306 Financial Accounting and Reporting

Menu core courses:
COR1-GB.2103 Strategy I* or elective

COR1-GB.1303 Firms and Markets
COR1-GB.2311 Foundations of Finance

GFMTV-GT.2007 Introduction to Production Management


0
0

1.5
3
3


1.5

3
3
 
2

Spring: Register at Stern
February – May
(16.5-18 credits)  
Menu core courses:
COR1-GB.2311 Foundations of Finance
COR1-GB.2314 Operations Management 
COR1-GB.2303 The Global Economy
COR1-GB.2104 Strategy II*
Business Analytics
(TECH-GB.2366 Data Science for Business: Technical or
TECH-GB.3366 Data Science for Business: Managerial)

MKTG-GB.2119 Entertainment and Media Industries
MBA1 Elective
MKTG-GB.2313 Craft and Commerce of Cinema**

3
3
3
1.5

3


1.5
3
3
Summer: Register at Tisch
May – August
(10 credits)
FMTV-GT.2043 Sight and Sound: Filmmaking
FMTV-GT.2084 Script Analysis
5
5

*Strategy I and Strategy II are required to complete the Strategy core course. You must enroll in both sections of the course. Strategy I is offered in the Fall. Strategy II is offered in the Spring.

 

**Highly recommended

 

Second Year (Tisch)

ModulesCoursesCredits
Fall: Register at Tisch
September – December
(18 credits)
H68.2103 Producing the Short Narrative Film
H68.2134 Directing
GFMTV-GT.2085 Fundamentals of Screenwriting I
H68.2169 Narrative Sound
H68.2116 Cinematography: Studio Lighting I
H68.2101 Narrative Ending
GFMTV-GT.2125 Aesthetics: Narrative Film Style
2
3
3
2
2
2
2
Spring: Register at Tisch 
February – May
(18 credits)
GFMTV-GT.2008 Festivals, Marketing and Financing the
Short Film
GFMTV-GT.2137 Directing, Master Class
GFMTV-GT.2104 Financing and Producing the Independent Feature
GFMTV-GT.2247 Directing Projects
GFMTV-GT.2236 Entertainment Business Law
GFMTV-GT.2170 Post-Production Sound
2

6
2
4
2
2
Summer: Register at Tisch 
May – August
(0 credits)
The second summer will be spent at the Kanbar Institute producing films related to fulfilling thesis requirements. 

Third Year (Tisch/Stern)

ModulesCoursesCredits
Fall: Register at Tisch 
September – December
(18 credits)
MBA2 Electives and MFA Core18
Spring: Register at Stern
February – May
(13.5-18 credits)
MBA2 Electives and Kanbar Electives

COR2-GB.3101 Professional Responsibility OR LAW-LW.10387 Ethical and Legal Challenges of the Modern Corporation*
12-16.5
1.5-3.0


*This law course counts towards the 6.0 credit maximum of non-Stern credits.