The School of Theater, Film and Media Arts academic advisors will help you chart your course through your academic program. They guide you in choosing electives, as well as navigating policies and procedures regarding changes of major, leaves of absence and withdrawals, and registration. 

Phone: 215-204-2227 
Email: cpcaadvising@temple.edu 

Faculty are an invaluable resource for specific information about your major. They can also help you to prepare for both graduate school and your future career. 

Students in the Theater Department select a faculty advisor within their first year, while those in the Department of Film and Media Arts are assigned faculty mentors. Students can sign up for advising sessions with faculty mentors throughout the semester.

Student clubs and organizations give you the opportunity to gain stage performance or production experience, express yourself without classroom restrictions, and network with other film and theater professionals. In addition, you can make friends and enhance your social life. Consider joining one or more of the following clubs.

• Delta Kappa Alpha is a selective national organization whose mission is to foster lifelong character, collaborative and creative storytelling, ethical and productive business practices, philanthropic action, and fraternal bonds by and between students of the cinematic arts.
• Film in Color is an organization geared toward creating a welcoming space for students of color within Temple’s Film Department, affording the opportunity to come together to create, discuss, learn from and network with one another.
• The Greater Philadelphia Film Office Next connects Philadelphia-area students, recent graduates and rising content creators with industry leaders.
• Mise-en-Femme is a production organization aimed at encouraging women to work together to gain knowledge and hands-on experience in the art of filmmaking. They also run Temple Women’s Fest, which is a showcase of the efforts of some of the most influential female filmmakers.
• The Queer Film Collective’s mission is to empower queer filmmakers and explore queer film both in theory and practice. Both queer and straight students are welcome to join.
• Temple Film Collective is a group of Temple student independent filmmakers who produce their own films and host an online film festival.
• The University Media Screening Society meets once a week to screen a film from Temple's Media Library. Sometimes, screenings are substituted with special events.
• Wandering Studios is a student film organization focused on helping students create short films throughout the semester.

Learn more about Film and Media Arts student clubs and organizations.

Temple’s study away programs offer you the opportunity to study and experience life beyond Main Campus. Spend an academic year, semester or summer earning academic credit while immersing yourself in the culture, history and people of your host city. 

Spend a semester or a summer studying in Los Angeles. The Los Angeles Study Away Program provides students with direct learning insights and professional work experience in the media and entertainment industries. The lots and soundstages of historic Raleigh Studios in Hollywood, California, serve as the backdrop for academic coursework and a guest lecture series with notable alumni. 

Spend four weeks in Venice for a unique opportunity to travel abroad and earn academic credit while exploring first-hand the Venice Biennale, a major international art exposition. Courses, classroom discussion, and guest lectures are enhanced by tours designed to provide unique insights into the international art scene. Learn more about the Venice Biennale Program.

Explore Temple’s other study abroad options, including opportunities in China, Italy, Japan and the UK.