UCLA Moving Image Archive Studies In association with UCLA's Department of Film and Television and Department of Information Studies, the Moving Image Archive Studies program offers new specialized graduate seminars providing instruction in the fundamental aspects of archival practice, including preservation, restoration, collection development and management, cataloging and information systems, user access and exhibition, and new media applications. Courses are taught by a unique combination of academic scholars and top-level preservationists and other archival specialists.

The goal of the Moving Image Archive Studies program is not merely training but a broader education grounded in historical, critical and theoretical study. In the past, the development of new archivists has relied upon unsystematic, long-term apprenticeships which tended to focus on a limited range of specialized technical skills. Such narrowly defined models of archival training have generally excluded the complex social, philosophical and cultural contexts in which modern, professional archival practice is grounded. The Archive Studies program also recognizes that traditional models of archival work have been redefined in recent years to emphasize moving image preservation as an ongoing process of activities along a continuum that includes curatorship, laboratory preservation, storage management, cataloging, and access.

Each year, six new graduate seminars: "Film Curatorship," "The Archaeology of the Media," "Moving Image Preservation and Restoration," "Moving Image Cataloging," "Collection Development and Management," "and "Access to Moving Image Collections" will be offered.

After following this two years program, students might obtain a MA degree.