Students in the Film Studies BDP form a community with shared interests in film history, criticism, and form across national boundaries. Film Studies students have come from a range of majors at UT, including Biology, Economics, Engineering, English, Government, Spanish, Sociology, and others.
Name: Luis Flores
BDP: Film Studies
Major: Economics and Sociology
What has been the biggest benefit of the BDP for you?
To take film studies classes, helping me explore my passion for film in a way I couldn’t before.
How have the BDPs helped shape your plans for the future?
Being in the BDP helped me define what I want to do in my life after I graduate. My BDP has helped me in the odyssey of finding an area of professional concentration. Now I know I want to work in the media industry.
What would you want other students to know about the BDPs?
That it’s something very easy to do and that the people in the BDP program are really helpful. It’s a way of exploring interests in a way that doesn’t threaten your regular studies. It’s a way of learning your vocation, or finding an area of specialization.
To read about Film Studies students who have participated in Connecting Experiences, see the Film Studies Connecting Experiences page.
“I applied for the Film Studies BDP because I wanted to pair my journalism major with some film courses so that I could pursue a career in film criticism. The BDP offers so many unique classes, and I knew that I would get a well-rounded education in film history around the world through the Film Studies BDP.”