University of California, Berkeley
Media Studies

Email Student Academic Advisors at mediastudies_advising@berkeley.edu.
Submit forms needing a major advisor’s signature to mediastudies_advising@berkeley.edu.

Read COVID 19 Updates for information regarding how temporary P grade modification policies apply to the Media Studies major.

Summer 2021 Courses
The list of Summer 2021 courses is now available.  

Media Studies Application Packet
The Spring 2021 Media Studies application packets are now available:

• Standard Application*
  • Application Periods:
    • January 5, 2021 – April 30, 2021
    • June 1, 2021 – August 17, 2021
• Appeal Application 
  • Application Periods:
    • January 12, 2021 – January 29, 2021
    • February 22, 2021 – February 26, 2021

Students who are eligible to apply in spring 2021 are encouraged to apply the first application period in January 2021.  Please make sure to read both the Overview and Prerequisites pages before submitting your application, as well as make note of the deadlines listed above.

*If you downloaded the Standard Application above 1/6/2021 or earlier, please re-download it as a correction has been made.

Course Substitutions Forms
Students wishing to have any other course reviewed will now submit a course substitution form:

• Intended Majors Course Substitution Form (major not declared yet)
• Declared Majors Course Substitution Form – Last Name A-G
• Declared Majors Course Substitution Form – Last Name H-O
• Declared Majors Course Substitution Form – Last Name P-Z