Graduates of the Film program at Universidad de Las Américas exemplify critical thinking skills, backed by a robust education encompassing extensive knowledge across all facets of cinematic production. Graduates are equipped to effectively engage in diverse audiovisual enterprises and projects, thereby contributing to the sustained growth of the film industry on national, regional, and global scales.
Furthermore, graduates master cinematic language and production techniques, seamlessly integrating them into the planning, execution, and distribution of audiovisual and multidisciplinary projects. Additionally, graduates nurture artistic and creative practices by collaborating within multidisciplinary teams to produce projects across various formats and genres. Graduates with a cross-disciplinary and global perspective develop audiovisual projects that challenge conventional genre boundaries and traditional knowledge frameworks. Likewise, graduates utilize a variety of methodological and cognitive strategies derived from film studies and communication theory to critically reflect on film analysis and audiovisual content. Moreover, graduates create communication alternatives by employing research, methodologies, and appropriate media, thus ensuring engagement with audiences in diverse contexts.
Finally, graduates are anticipated to remain sensitive to technological innovations and developing trends that persistently influence the audiovisual industry. Within their professional practice, graduates exhibit a proactive mindset embedded in human values, ethical considerations, and a profound dedication to societal welfare, which informs their creative and professional pursuits.
Demographic Data - provides information about student enrollment disaggregated by gender and ethnicity, offering insight into the demographic diversity within the program.
Student Completion - provides information about retention and graduation rates calculated through the 2021–2022 academic year, based on cohorts of new, first-time students entering the program in the fall semester, regardless of enrollment in the daytime or evening instructional delivery (if applicable). These calculations exclude incoming transfer students. Specifically, retention rates are reported at one-year and two-year intervals.
In addition, graduation rates are calculated according to each program’s duration length (100%) and within 150% of the normal time for a bachelor’s degree. Gender-based graduation data reflects only the distribution of actual graduates within each cohort and does not consider the original gender composition of the entering group.
Scholarship Information - provides information about student financial support, with data disaggregated by the type of scholarship awarded.
Geographic Data - provides information about the geographic composition of students enrolled in the program, based on place of origin.
Additional Demographic Data - provides information about students’ marital status, disability status, and first-generation college attendance.
All programs utilize the Brightspace platform to collect and assess student work and to compile data and evidence of student achievement. The resulting outcomes and their analysis, which focus on identifying areas for improvement, are presented in the program’s assessment report. In the graphic below, the most recent assessment period for each Program Learning Outcome (PLO) is indicated, along with the percentage representing the level of achievement of the expected performance standard for that PLO, based on the rubric used to evaluate student work.
Note: Multiple descriptions per PLO code reflect updates over time. All versions are shown to support historical and comparative analysis.