I. School of Cinematic Arts' Chair's Message

The Bachelor of Science in Cinematic Arts (B.Sc. CA) is privileged to stand as the first and only university degree in the higher education landscape of Saudi Arabia that graduates qualified professionals to satisfy the market needs for this flourishing industry.

Our new strategic plan builds on our legacy as a preeminent program in Saudi Arabia and the entire Gulf Region to sustain its achieved academic excellence by providing high-quality education in media and filmmaking through offering an up-to-date curriculum, in response to the digital transformations and the rapidly changing media and cinematic arts’ field, and to contribute to writing the history of filmmaking in Saudi Arabia and the Gulf.

Our pioneer SCA program shall continue to rigorously contribute to the output of national and international media and the film industry through faculty, students, and alumni participation in the local and international film festivals.

Moving forward, we aspire to create a natural production environment where professionals and students from different media backgrounds can come together to work and produce high-quality media projects to reflect/reflecting the culture, the heritage, the eco-social transformations in the modern Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the world.

II. Department Vision, Mission, and Goals

Mission

The School of Cinematic Arts (SCA) program educates and inspires unique individuals to transform the future entertainment industry locally and globally by interweaving Effat University Core Values into innovative research and creative practices

Vision

To lead the Saudi Cinematic Arts education and excel globally.

Goals

Goal 1: Enhance the Bachelor of Science in Cinematic Arts Program’s national and international recognition by strengthening its presence through the active contribution to the output of national and international media and film industry in correspondence with the program vision and mission to help attain its strategic plan goals while keeping track of their achievement progress.

Goal 2: Provide an ethical work environment that is conducive to transparency, pro and seek and obtain national and international accreditation and ranking.

Goal 3: Sustain academic excellence by providing high quality education in media and filmmaking that balances between theory and practice and encourage students to be creative and innovative while keeping to their ethics and values.

Goal 4: Attract and retain students who will graduate as highly skilled professionals in the fields of production, screenwriting, animation and interactive media as future entrepreneurs and agents of change.

Goal 5: Attract and retain highly qualified professional faculty in the areas of media and film –making and provide faculty and students with state-of–the-art learning resources to ensure having a successful teaching, learning and research environment.

Goal 6: Provide faculty and students with state-of–the-art classrooms, labs and other facilities and equipment to ensure having a successful teaching, learning and research environment.

Goal 7: Develop a vibrant research community in the field of the cinematic arts that correspond to current needs and help create innovative ideas in line with the Saudi Vision 2030.

Goal 8: Foster the culture of service at the Cinematic Art Program by collaborating with national and international partners to expand the community impacts through different modes of learning and training.