BA Art, Film, and Visual Studies at Harvard University

Programme overview

The concentration in Art, Film, and Visual Studies enables students to develop skills in the practice and the critical study of the visual arts. It includes photography, filmmaking, animation, video art, painting, drawing, printmaking, and sculpture, film and visual studies, critical theory, and the study of the built environment. The department has a strong commitment to fostering dialogue among makers, critics, and theorists.

Faculty: Harvard College: Arts and Humanities | Department: Art, Film, and Visual Studies | Study mode: full-time | Location: Cambridge, MA, United States

What you will study

In Studio Art and Film/Video Production, concentrators work toward developing confidence and fluency in a chosen area of artistic production while also exploring a variety of other practices. In Film and Visual Studies, concentrators pursue interdisciplinary approaches to the theory and history of images, space, art, and media. Gateway courses include Freshman Seminar 33O: Animation—Getting your Hands on Time [counts as an elective course in AFVS] General Education 1012 The Art and Politics of Propaganda: The Nazis and Their Legacy [counts as a course in AFVS] General Education 1072: Video: The Practice of.

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Application information

USD 62,226 a year (2026-27). Harvard College undergraduate tuition for 2026-27, one rate for all students; excludes fees ($6,216), housing, food and health insurance. Source

Entry term is fall. Applicants choose Restrictive Early Action or Regular Decision; admitted students reply by May 1.

First-year applications through the Common Application: Restrictive Early Action closes November 1 with notification by mid-December; Regular Decision closes January 1 with notification by the end of March. The application fee is $95 (fee waiver available) and can be paid online via the Common Application. Harvard requires the SAT or ACT, with exceptions only where the tests are not accessible.

Apply through the official page: https://college.harvard.edu/admissions/apply

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