The MFA is hands on, and students produce many individual and group projects.

The full-time certificate program is a 50-week intensive program, awarding a Certificate in Film Production upon successful completion of all classes, at least 10 group and individual film and video projects, and a feature-length screenplay.

The location is close to parks, libraries, cinemas and live theaters, restaurants, and many other cultural attractions.

It houses administration offices, a 48-seat theater, filming studio, classrooms, sound mixing room, editing lab, library and film equipment checkout room.

Production equipment includes Arriflex and Aaton 16mm and Super16mm, and Super8 cameras; RED, Sony, Canon and Panasonic Digital HD cameras, editing stations with Final Cut Pro and Adobe Creative Suite, Arriflex and Mole Richardson tungsten, and LED location lighting, grip equipment, and location audio recording gear.