Media Studies

See below for a list of Fall 2024 offerings that apply towards the Media Studies major. For a complete list of Fall 2024 course offerings, please visit the Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes. Note that the list below is subject to change.

Students looking for the requirements for the old curriculum can find this information through the following links:

Declared Fall 2018 to Summer 2021 (Groups)
Declared Spring 2018 or Earlier

Prerequisite Courses

I. American History (Post-Civil War period)

• History 131B: Social History of the U.S.–End of Civil War to Global Age

II. American Institutions

• Political Science 1: Introduction to American Politics

III. Introductory Social Sciences and Humanities

• Anthropology 3AC: Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology
• Comparative Literature 20C: Episodes in Literary Cultures: Literature and History
• Economics 1: Introduction to Economics
• Psychology 1 or W1: General Psychology
• Rhetoric 10: Introduction to Practical Reasoning and Critical Analysis of Argument
• Sociology 1: Introduction to Sociology
• Sociology 3AC: Principles of Sociology
• Theater 26: Introduction to Performance Studies

IV. Introductory Media Studies

• Media Studies 10: Introduction to Media Studies

Core Courses

• Media Studies 111B: Text and Data Media History
• Media Studies 112: Media Theories and Processes
• Media Studies 113: Media and Democracy
• Media Studies 114: Media and Globalization

Elective Courses

Media Studies students must complete five electives total: three electives from your concentration plus two additional upper-division electives from any concentration. For the three concentration electives, students must choose one course from each sub-category of their concentration.

Digital Studies Concentration (DS)
DS.1 Research Methodologies Electives

Data Science C8: Foundations of Data Science (cross-listed with Statistics C8)
Demography 180: Social Networks
Statistics C8: Foundations of Data Science (cross-listed with Data Science C8)
Statistics 20: Introduction to Probability and Statistics

DS.2 Virtual Communities and Social Media Electives

Media Studies 104E: History and Development of Online News
Sociology 166: Society and Technology
Sociology 167/C167: Virtual Communities/Social Media

DS.3 Digital Projects and Digital Storytelling Electives

Film and Media 155: Media Technologies
Media Studies 190-001: Video Games and Playful Media
New Media 201: Questioning New Media
New Media C262: Tangible User Interfaces

Global Cultural Studies Concentration (GCS)
GCS.1 Research Methodologies Electives

Global Studies 102: Critical Thinking In Global Studies

GCS.2 Visual Culture Electives

Chicano Studies 135B: Latino Narrative Film since 1990
Film and Media 125: Documentary Forms
Film and Media 135: Experimental and Alternative Media Art
Film and Media 145: Global Media
Film and Media 170: Special Topics in Film
Film and Media 171: Special Topics in Film Genre
Gender and Women’s Studies C146B: Representations of Sexualities: Queer Visual Culture (cross-listed with LGBT C146B)
Italian Studies 170: The Italian Cinema: History, Genres, Authors
Japanese 188: Japanese Visual Culture: Introduction to Anime
Korean 186: Introduction to Korean Cinema
Korean 188: Cold War Culture in Korea: Literature and Film
Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Studies C146B: Representations of Sexualities: Queer Visual Culture (cross-listed with GWS C146B)
Media Studies 190: The Music Video: Critical Approaches to a Spellbinding Cultural Form
Rhetoric 136: Art and Authorship
Rhetoric 137: Rhetoric of Image

GCS.3 Popular Culture Electives

American Studies 101/101AC: Examining US Cultures in Time (all topics)
American Studies 102/102AC: Examining US Cultures in Place (all topics)
Gender and Women’s Studies C146A: Cultural Representations of Sexualities: Queer Literary Culture
Media Studies 170: Cultural History of Advertising
Sociology 160: Sociology of Culture
Sociology 163: Popular Culture

Media Law & Policy Concentration (MLP)
MLP.1 Research Methodologies Electives

Economics C3: Introduction to Environmental Economics and Policy
Environmental Economics C1: Introduction to Environmental Economics and Policy
Political Science 3: Introduction to Empirical Analysis and Quantitative Methods
Public Policy 101 (4 units): Introduction to Public Policy Analysis
Sociology 5 (4 units): Evaluation of Evidence

MLP.2 Institutions Electives

Journalism 136: Media Ethics
Media Studies 104E: History and Development of Online News
Media Studies 180: Television Studies
Political Science 106A: American Politics: Campaign Strategy – Media

Sociology 110: Organizations and Social Institutions
Undergraduate Business Administration 106: Marketing
Undergraduate Business Administration 160: Consumer Insight

MLP.3 Citizenship Electives

Information 188: Behind the Data: Humans and Values
Political Science 161: Public Opinion, Voting & Participation
Sociology 140: Politics and Social Change
Sociology 148: Social Policy

Additional Electives
See Digital Studies, Global Cultural Studies, and Media Law & Policy upper-division electives when selecting two additional upper-division electives from any concentration for the major.

Quicklink: Fall 2024 Schedule of Classes

See below for a list of Summer 2024 offerings that apply towards the Media Studies major. Enrollment information for summer classes can be found on the Berkeley Summer Session Registration website. For a complete list of Summer 2024 course offerings, please visit the Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes. Note that the list below is subject to change.

Students looking for the requirements for the old curriculum can find this information through the following links:

• Declared Fall 2018 to Summer 2021 (Groups)
• Declared Spring 2018 or Earlier

Prerequisite Courses

I. American History (Post-Civil War period)

• History 7B: Introduction to History of the U.S. – Civil War to Present
• History 131B: Social History of the U.S. – End of Civil War to Global Age

II. American Institutions

• Political Science 1: Introduction to American Politics

III. Introductory Social Sciences and Humanities

• Anthropology 3AC: Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology
• Psychology 1 or W1: General Psychology
• Sociology 3AC: Principles of Sociology

IV. Introductory Media Studies

• Media Studies 10: Introduction to Media Studies (Online)

Core Courses

Media Studies Core Courses are not currently not offered in the Summer.

Elective Courses

Media Studies students must complete five electives total: three electives from your concentration plus two additional upper-division electives from any concentration. For the three concentration electives, students must choose one course from each sub-category of their concentration.

Digital Studies Concentration (DS)

DS.1 Research Methodologies Electives

• Computer Science C8: Foundations of Data Science (cross-listed with Data Science C8, Information C8, and Statistics C8)
• Data Science C8: Foundations of Data Science (cross-listed with Computer Science C8, Information C8, and Statistics C8)
• Demography 180: Social Networks
• Information C8 (cross-listed with Computer Science C8, Data Science C8, and Statistics C8)
• Statistics C8: Foundations of Data Science (cross-listed with Computer Science C8, Data Science C8, and Information C8)
• Statistics 20: Introduction to Probability and Statistics

DS.2 Virtual Communities and Social Media Electives

• Interdisciplinary Studies Field (ISF) 100D: Introduction to Technology, Society, and Culture
• Journalism 111: Social Media
• Sociology 167: Virtual Communities/Social Media
• Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies 1118AC: Performance, Television, and Social Media

DS.3 Digital Projects and Digital Storytelling Electives

• Digital Humanities 150A: Digital Humanities and Archival Design
• Film and Media 155: Media Technologies
• Journalism 110: Introduction to Multimedia
• Journalism 115: Advanced Multimedia
• Journalism 122: The Future of Visual Storytelling
• Journalism 124: Data Journalism
• Media Studies 138: Ethnographic Film and Documentary Form: History, Ethics and Aesthetics of Reality Based Media
• New Media 151AC: Transforming Tech

Global Cultural Studies Concentration (GCS)

GCS.1 Research Methodologies Electives

There are no GCS.1 electives courses being offered Summer 2024.

GCS.2 Visual Culture Electives

• Chicano Studies 135C: Latino Documentary Film
• Ethnic Studies 122AC: Ethnicity and Race in Contemporary American Films
• Film and Media 125: Documentary Forms
• Film and Media 170: Special Topics in Film
• Film and Media 171: Special Topics in Film Genre
• Media Studies 138: Ethnographic Film and Documentary Form: History, Ethics and Aesthetics of Reality Based Media
• Media Studies 190: U.S. Consumerism: A Critical Study of Marketing Today
• Native American Studies 158: Native Americans and the Cinema
• Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies 1118AC: Performance, Television, and Social Media

GCS.3 Popular Culture Electives

• English 176: Literature and Popular Culture
• Sociology 160: Sociology of Culture

Media Law & Policy Concentration (MLP)

MLP.1 Research Methodologies Electives

• Environmental Economics C1: Introduction to Environmental Economics and Policy
• Political Science 3/W3: Empirical Analysis and Quantitative Methods
• Public Policy 101: Introduction to Public Policy Analysis
• Sociology 5: Evaluation of Evidence

MLP.2 Institutions Electives

• Film & Media Studies 177: Entertainment Law
• Media Studies 190: U.S. Consumerism: A Critical Study of Marketing Today
• New Media 151AC: Transforming Tech
• Undergraduate Business Administration 106: Marketing

MLP.3 Citizenship Electives

• Interdisciplinary Studies Field Major 100I: Consumer Society and Culture
• Media Studies 138: Ethnographic Film and Documentary Form: History, Ethics and Aesthetics of Reality Based Media
• Political Science 164A: Political Psychology and Involvement
• Sociology 141: Social Movements and Political Action

Additional Electives

See Digital Studies, Global Cultural Studies, and Media Law & Policy upper-division electives when selecting two additional upper-division electives from any concentration for the major.

Quicklink: Summer 2024 Schedule of Classes

Prerequisite Courses

I. American History (Post-Civil War period)

• History 7B: Introduction to History of the U.S. – Civil War to Present
• History 131B: Social History of the U.S. – End of Civil War to Global Age

II. American Institutions

• Political Science 1: Introduction to American Politics

III. Introductory Social Sciences and Humanities

• Anthropology 3AC: Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology
• Comparative Literature 20: Episodes in Literary Cultures
• Economics 1: Introduction to Economics
• Economics 2: Introduction to Economics – Lecture Format
• Psychology 1 or W1: General Psychology
• Psychology 2: Principles of Psychology
• Rhetoric 20: Rhetorical Interpretation
• Sociology 1: Introduction to Sociology
• Sociology 3AC: Principles of Sociology

IV. Introductory Media Studies

• Media Studies 10: Introduction to Media Studies

Core Courses

• Media Studies 111C: Audio-Visual Media History
• Media Studies 112: Media Theories and Processes
• Media Studies 113: Media and Democracy
• Media Studies 114: Media and Globalization

Elective Courses

Media Studies students must complete five electives total: three electives from your concentration plus two additional upper-division electives from any concentration. For the three concentration electives, students must choose one course from each sub-category of their concentration.

Digital Studies Concentration (DS)

DS.1 Research Methodologies Electives

• Data Science C8: Foundations of Data Science (cross-listed with Statistics C8)
• Media Studies 132: Researching Digital Media: Methods and Methodologies
• Statistics C8: Foundations of Data Science (cross-listed with Data Science C8)
• Statistics 20: Introduction to Probability and Statistics

DS.2 Virtual Communities and Social Media Electives

• Information 103: History of Information
• Interdisciplinary Studies Field (ISF) 100D: Introduction to Technology, Society, and Culture
• Interdisciplinary Studies Field (ISF) 100J: The Social Life of Computing
• Media Studies 168: Cybernetics and Cybercultures: The Psychosocial Impact of Digital Media
• Sociology 166: Society and Technology

DS.3 Digital Projects and Digital Storytelling Electives

• Film and Media 155: Media Technologies
• Media Studies 101: Visual Culture
• Media Studies 190 – 001: Special Topics in Media Studies: Digital Storytelling: Crisis, Catastrophe and Speculative Futures
• New Media 200: History and Theory of New Media
• New Media C203: Critical Making
• New Media C265: Interface Aesthetics

Global Cultural Studies Concentration (GCS)

GCS.1 Research Methodologies Electives

• Gender and Women Studies 101: Doing Feminist Research
• Global Studies 102: Critical Thinking In Global Studies
• Media Studies 131: Cultural Studies Research Methodology

GCS.2 Visual Culture Electives

• Asian American Studies 171: Asian Americans in Film and Video
• Ethnic Studies 122AC: Ethnicity and Race in Contemporary American Films
• Film and Media 125: Documentary Forms
• Film and Media 135: Experimental and Alternative Media Art
• Film and Media 145: Global Media
• Film and Media 170: Special Topics in Film
• Film and Media 171: Special Topics in Film Genre
• Film and Media 172: Special Topics in Film Auteurism
• Gender and Women’s Studies 125: Women and Film
• Gender and Women’s Studies C146B: Representations of Sexualities: Queer Visual Culture (cross-listed with LGBT C146B)
• Global Studies 100S: Global Societies and Cultures
• Japanese 189: Topics in Japanese Film
• Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Studies C146B: Representations of Sexualities: Queer Visual Culture (cross-listed with GWS C146B)
• Media Studies 101: Visual Culture
• Native American Studies 158: Native Americans and the Cinema
• Rhetoric 136: Art and Authorship
• Scandinavian 115: Studies in Drama and Film: The Films of Ingmar Bergman

GCS.3 Popular Culture Electives

• American Studies 101: Examining US Cultures in Time (all topics)
• American Studies 102: Examining US Cultures in Place (all topics)
• Asian American Studies 132/132AC: Islamophobia and Constructing Otherness
• Korean 109: Korean Language in Popular Media
• Media Studies 175: Gender, Race and National Identity in Global Popular Culture
• Rhetoric 171: The Problem of Mass Culture and the Rhetoric of Social Theory
• Sociology 160: Sociology of Culture
• Sociology 163: Popular Culture

Media Law & Policy Concentration (MLP)

MLP.1 Research Methodologies Electives

• Public Policy 101 (4 units): Introduction to Public Policy Analysis
• Sociology 5 (4 units): Evaluation of Evidence

MLP.2 Institutions Electives

• Information 134: Information Technology
• Journalism 136: Media Ethics
• Political Science 106A: American Politics: Campaign Strategy – Media
  
• Sociology 110: Organizations and Social Institutions
• Sociology 117: Sport as a Social Institution
• Undergraduate Business Administration 106: Marketing
• Undergraduate Business Administration 160: Consumer Insight
  

MLP.3 Citizenship Electives

• Anthropology 156A: Politics and Anthropology
• Asian American Studies 132/132AC: Islamophobia and Constructing Otherness
• Sociology 141: Social Movements and Political Action

Additional Electives

See Digital Studies, Global Cultural Studies, and Media Law & Policy upper-division electives when selecting two additional upper-division electives from any concentration for the major.

Quicklink: Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes

This set of major requirements is for students who have declared Media Studies between Fall 2018 and Summer 2021. Students declared in the major starting Fall 2021 should refer to the Curriculum with Concentration requirements.

Research Methods Courses

• Media Studies 132: Researching Digital Media: Methods and Methodologies
• Psychology 101: Research and Data Analysis in Psychology
• Sociology 5: Evaluation of Evidence

Core Courses

• Media Studies 111C: Audio-Visual Media History
• Media Studies 112: Media Theories and Processes
• Media Studies 113: Media and Democracy

Group A: History Electives

• American Studies 101: Examining US Cultures in Time
• German 160C: Politics and Culture in 20th-Century Germany: A Divided Nation. Politics and Culture in Germany 1945-1990
• Information 103: History of Information
• Interdisciplinary Studies Field (ISF) 100D: Introduction to Technology, Science, and Culture
• Rhetoric 171: The Problem of Mass Culture and the Rhetoric of Social Theory

Group B: Specialization in a Medium Electives

• Asian American Studies 171: Asian Americans in Film and Video
• Ethnic Studies 122AC: Ethnicity and Race in Contemporary American Films
• Film and Media 125: Documentary Forms
• Film and Media 145: Global Media
• Film and Media 170: Special Topics in Film
• Film and Media 171: Special Topics in Film Genre
• Gender and Women’s Studies 125: Women and Film
• Interdisciplinary Studies Field Major 100B: Interdisciplinary Theories of the Self and Identity
• Interdisciplinary Studies Field Major 100J: The Social Life of Computing
• Media Studies 168: Cybernetics and Cybercultures: The Psychosocial Impact of Digital Media
• Native American Studies 158: Native Americans and the Cinema
• Scandinavian 115: Studies in Drama and Film: The Films of Ingmar Bergman

Group C: Theory and Application Electives

• Gender and Women’s Studies C146B: Cultural Representations of Sexualities: Queer Visual Culture
• Global Studies 100S: Global Societies and Cultures
• Journalism 136: Media Ethics
• Korean 109: Korean Language in Popular Media
• Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Studies C146B: Cultural Representations of Sexualities: Queer Visual Culture
• Media Studies 101: Visual Culture
• Media Studies 114: Media and Globalization
• Political Science 106A: American Politics: Campaign Strategy–Media
• Psychology 160: Social Psychology
• Sociology 110: Organizations and Social Institutions
• Sociology 117: Sport as a Social Institution
• Sociology 133: Sociology of Gender
• Sociology 141: Social Movements and Political Action
• Sociology 150: Social Psychology
• Sociology 160: Sociology of Culture
• Sociology 163: Popular Culture
• Sociology 166: Society and Technology
• Undergraduate Business Administration 106: Marketing

Additional Electives

Students must take two additional electives from any group: Group A: History, Group B: Specialization in a Medium, and Group C: Theory and Application. See lists above.

Quicklink: Spring 2024 Schedule of Classes

Prerequisite Courses

I. American History (Post-Civil War period)

• History 124B (4 units): The Recent United States: The United States from World War II

II. American Institutions

• Political Science 1 (4 units): Introduction to American Politics

III. Introductory Social Sciences and Humanities

• Anthropology 3AC (4 units): Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology
• Comparative Literature 20C (4 units): Episodes in Literary Cultures: Literature and History
• Economics 1 (4 units): Introduction to Economics
• Economics 2 (4 units): Introduction to Economics – Lecture Format
• Psychology 1 or W1 (3 units): General Psychology
• Psychology 2 (3 units): Principles of Psychology
• Rhetoric 10 (4 units): Introduction to Practical Reasoning and Critical Analysis of Argument
• Sociology 1 (4 units): Introduction to Sociology
• Sociology 3AC (4 units): Principles of Sociology
• Theater 26 (4 units): Introduction to Performance Studies

IV. Introductory Media Studies

• Media Studies 10 (4 units): Introduction to Media Studies

Core Courses

• Media Studies 111B (4 units): Text and Data Media History
• Media Studies 112 (4 units): Media Theories and Processes
• Media Studies 113 (4 units): Media and Democracy

Elective Courses

Media Studies students must complete five electives total: three electives from your concentration plus two additional upper-division electives from any concentration. For the three concentration electives, students must choose one course from each sub-category of their concentration.

Digital Studies Concentration (DS)

DS.1 Research Methodologies Electives

• Computer Science C8 (4 units): Foundations of Data Science (cross-listed with Information C8, Statistics C8, & Data Science C8)
• Data Science C8 (4 units): Foundations of Data Science (cross-listed with Information C8, Statistics C8, and Computer Science C8)
• Demography 180 (4 units): Social Networks
• Information C8: Foundations of Data Science (cross-listed with Data Science C8, Statistics C8, & Computer Science C8)
• Interdisciplinary Studies Field Major 110 (4 units): An Introduction to Data Analysis and Visualization
• Statistics C8 (4 units): Foundations of Data Science (cross-listed with Data Science C8, Computer Science C8, & Information C8)
• Statistics 20 (4 units): Introduction to Probability and Statistics

DS.2 Virtual Communities and Social Media Electives

• Media Studies 104E (4 units): History and Development of Online News
• Sociology 166 (4 units): Society and Technology
• Sociology 167 (4 units): Virtual Communities/Social Media

DS.3 Digital Projects and Digital Storytelling Electives

• Film and Media 155: Media Technologies
• Media Studies 190 – 002 (4 units): Special Topics in Media Studies: Video Games and Playful Media
• New Media 201 (4 units): Questioning New Media
• New Media 205 (4 units): Locative Media
• New Media C262 (4 units): Tangible User Interfaces
• Rhetoric 114 (4 units): Rhetoric of New Media

Global Cultural Studies Concentration (GCS)

GCS.1 Research Methodologies Electives

• Global Studies 102 (4 units): Critical Thinking In Global Studies

GCS.2 Visual Culture Electives

• Chicano Studies 135B (4 units): Latino Narrative Film since 1990
• Chinese 188 (4 units): Popular Media in Modern China
• East Asian Languages and Cultures 181 (4 units): East Asian Film: Special Topics in Genre
• Film and Media 125 (4 units): Documentary Forms
• Film and Media 145 (4 units): Global Media
• Film and Media 170 (4 units): Special Topics in Film
• Film and Media 171 (4 units): Special Topics in Film Genre
• Korean 185 (4 units): Picturing Korea
• Korean 186 (4 units): Introduction to Korean Cinema
• LGBT Studies C146B (4 units): Representations of Sexualities: Queer Visual Culture
• Rhetoric 131T (4 units): Genre in Film and Literature
• Rhetoric 137 (4 units): Rhetoric of the Image
• Rhetoric 145 (4 units): Science, Narrative, and Image

GCS.3 Popular Culture Electives

• American Studies 101AC – 001 (4 units): Examining US Cultures in Time: Americans and their Stuff: Object Lessons from the Civil War Era
• American Studies 101 – 002 (4 units): Examining US Cultures in Time: James Baldwin’s America, 1953-1974
• American Studies 102AC – 001 (4 units): Examining US Cultures in Place: Beaches in Mind: The Beach in American Culture
• Asian American Studies 138 (4 units): Topics in Asian Popular Culture: Examining the ‘Korean Wave’, Korean Pop Culture and its’ Global Reception
• English 174 (4 units): The Seventies
• Gender and Women’s Studies C146A (4 units): Cultural Representations of Sexualities: Queer Literary Culture
• LGBT Studies C146A (4 units): Cultural Representations of Sexualities: Queer Literary Culture
• Media Studies 190 (4 units): Special Topics in Media Studies: Beauty, Fashion, and Media Globalization
• Sociology 160 (4 units): Sociology of Culture
• South and Southeast Asian Studies 167 (4 units): Contemporary Popular Cultures of the Philippines

Media Law & Policy Concentration (MLP)

MLP.1 Research Methodologies Electives

• Economics C3: Introduction to Environmental Economics and Policy
• Environmental Economics C1: Introduction to Environmental Economics and Policy
• Political Science 3 (4 units): Introduction to Empirical Analysis and Quantitative Methods
• Public Policy 101 (4 units): Introduction to Public Policy Analysis
• Sociology 5 (4 units): Evaluation of Evidence
• Sociology 7 (4 units): The Power of Numbers: Quantitative Data in the Social Science

MLP.2 Institutions Electives

• Media Studies 104B (4 units): History of Journalism
• Media Studies 104E (4 units): History and Development of Online News
• Media Studies 180 (4 units): Television Studies
• Political Science 106A (4 units): American Politics: Campaign Strategy – Media
  
• Sociology 110 (4 units): Organizations and Social Institutions
• Undergraduate Business Administration 106 (3 units): Marketing
• Undergraduate Business Administration 160 (3 units): Consumer Insight
  

MLP.3 Citizenship Electives

• Media Studies 190 (4 units): Manipulative Messages: A History of Propaganda and Conspiracy
• Political Science 161 (4 units): Public Opinion, Voting and Participation
• Sociology 140 (4 units): Politics and Social Change

Additional Electives

See Digital Studies, Global Cultural Studies, and Media Law & Policy upper-division electives when selecting two additional upper-division electives from any concentration for the major.

Quicklink: Fall 2023 Schedule of Classes

This set of major requirements is for students who have declared Media Studies between Fall 2018 and Summer 2021. Students declared in the major starting Fall 2021 should refer to the Curriculum with Concentration requirements.

Research Methods Courses

• Interdisciplinary Studies Field Major 110 (4 units): An Introduction to Data Analysis and Visualization
• Political Science 3 (4 units): Introduction to Empirical Analysis & Quantitative Methods
• Psychology 101 (4 units): Research and Data Analysis in Psychology
• Sociology 5 (4 units): Evaluation of Evidence
• Sociology 7 (4 units): The Power of Numbers: Quantitative Data in the Social Science

Core Courses

• Media Studies 111B (4 units): Text and Data Media History
• Media Studies 112 (4 units): Media Theories and Processes
• Media Studies 113 (4 units): Media and Democracy

Group A: History Electives

• American Studies 101AC – 001 (4 units): Examining US Cultures in Time: Americans and their Stuff: Object Lessons from the Civil War Era
• American Studies 101 – 002 (4 units): Examining US Cultures in Time: James Baldwin’s America, 1953-1974
• German 157D (4 units): German Intellectual History in European Context: Historical Figures and Contemporary Reflections: Adorno, Benjamin, Habermas
• History C182C (4 units): Introduction to Science, Technology, and Society
• Media Studies 104B (4 units): History of Journalism
• Media Studies 104E (4 units): History and Development of Online News

Group B: Specialization in a Medium Electives

• Chicano Studies 135B (4 units): Latino Narrative Film Since 1990
• East Asian Languages and Cultures 181 (4 units): East Asian Film: Special Topics in Genre
• Film and Media 125 (4 units): Documentary Forms
• Film and Media 145 (4 units): Global Media
• Film and Media 170 (4 units): Special Topics in Film
• Film and Media 171 (4 units): Special Topics in Film Genre
• Korean 186 (4 units): Introduction to Korean Cinema
• Media Studies 180 (4 units): Television Studies
• Rhetoric 114 (4 units): Rhetoric of New Media
• Sociology 167 (4 units): Virtual Communities/Social Media

Group C: Theory and Application Electives

• Anthropology 150 (4 units): Utopia: Art and Power in Modern Times
• Demography 180 (4 units): Social Networks
• Gender and Women’s Studies C146A (4 units) : Cultural Representations of Sexualities: Queer Literary Culture
• Gender and Women’s Studies C146B (4 units): Cultural Representations of Sexualities: Queer Visual Culture
• Interdisciplinary Studies Field Major 100C (4 units): Language and Identity 
• Korean 185 (4 units): Picturing Korea
• Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Studies C146A (4 units): Cultural Representations of Sexualities: Queer Literary Culture
• Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Studies C146B (4 units): Cultural Representations of Sexualities: Queer Visual Culture
• Media Studies 104D (4 units): Privacy in the Digital Age
• Media Studies 190 (4 units): Special Topics in Media Studies: Beauty, Fashion, and Media Globalization
• Political Science 106A (4 units): American Politics: Campaign Strategy–Media
• Political Science 161 (4 units): Public Opinion, Voting and Participation
• Rhetoric 137 (4 units): Rhetoric of Image
• Rhetoric 145 (4 units): Science, Narrative, and Image
• Sociology 110 (4 units): Organizations and Social Institutions
• Sociology 140 (4 units): Politics and Social Change
• Sociology 150 (4 units): Social Psychology
• Sociology 160 (4 units): Sociology of Culture
• Sociology 166 (4 units): Society and Technology
• Undergraduate Business Administration 106 (3 units): Marketing

Additional Electives

Students must take two additional electives from any group: Group A: History, Group B: Specialization in a Medium, and Group C: Theory and Application. See lists above.

Quicklink: Fall 2023 Schedule of Classes

Summer 2023 Enrollment Information

See below for a list of Summer 2023 offerings that apply towards the Media Studies major. Enrollment information for summer classes can be found on the Berkeley Summer Session Registration website. For a complete list of Summer 2023 course offerings, please visit the Berkeley Academic Guide’s Summer 2023 Class Schedule. Note that the list below is subject to change.

Prerequisite Courses

I. American History (Post-Civil War period)

• History 7B (4 units): Introduction to the History of the United States: The United States from Civil War to Present

II. American Institutions

• Political Science (4 units): Introduction to American Politics

III. Introductory Social Sciences and Humanities

• Anthropology 3AC (4 units): Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology
• Economics 1 (4 units): Introduction to Economics
• Psychology 1 or W1 (3 units): General Psychology
• Sociology 3AC (4 units): Principles of Sociology

IV. Introductory Media Studies

• Media Studies 10 (4 units): Introduction to Media Studies

Core Courses

Media Studies core courses are not available during Summer 2023.

Elective Courses

Media Studies students must complete five electives total: three electives from your concentration plus two additional upper-division (100 – 199) electives from any concentration. For the three concentration electives, students must choose one course from each sub-category of their concentration.

Digital Studies Concentration (DS)

DS.1 Research Methodologies Electives

• Data Science C8 (4 units): Foundations of Data Science (cross-listed with STAT C8)
• Demography 180 (4 units): Social Networks
• Interdisciplinary Studies Field Major 110 (4 units): Special Topics in Interdisciplinary Studies – An Introduction to Data Analysis and Visualization
• Statistics C8 (4 units): Foundations of Data Science (cross-listed with DATA C8)
• Statistics 20 (4 units): Introduction to Probability and Statistics

DS.2 Virtual Communities and Social Media Electives

• Interdisciplinary Studies Field Major 100D (4 units): Introduction to Technology, Society, and Culture
• Journalism 111 (3 units): Social Media and Journalism
• Sociology 167 (4 units): Virtual Communities/Social Media
• Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies 118AC (4 units): Performance, Television, and Social Media

DS.3 Digital Projects and Digital Storytelling Electives

• Digital Humanities 150A (3 units): Digital Humanities and Archival Design
• Film and Media 155 (4 units): Media Technologies
• Journalism 110 (3 units): Introduction to Multimedia
• Journalism 115 (3 units): Advanced Multimedia
• Journalism 122 (3 units): The Future of Visual Storytelling
• Journalism 124 (3 units): Data Journalism
• New Media 151AC (4 units): Transforming Tech

Global Cultural Studies Concentration (GCS)

GCS.1 Research Methodologies Electives

• No GCS.1 electives are offered Summer 2023. Check back for any updates.

GCS.2 Visual Culture Electives

• Anthropology 138A (4 units): History and Theory of Ethnographic Film
• Ethnic Studies 122AC (4 units): Ethnicity and Race in Contemporary American Films
• Film and Media 145 (4 units): Global Media
• Film and Media 170 (4 units): Special Topics in Film (all topics)
• Film and Media 171 (4 units): Special Topics in Film Genre (all topics)
• Media Studies 190 (2 units): Special Topics in Media Studies – U.S. Consumerism: A Critical Study of Marketing Today
• Native American Studies 158 (4 units): Native Americans and the Cinema
• Theater, Dance and Performance Studies 118AC (4 units): Performance, Television, and Social Media

GCS.3 Popular Culture Electives

• American Studies 101 – (4 units): Examining US Cultures in Time [all topics]
• English 176 (4 units): Literature and Popular Culture
• Sociology 160 (4 units): Sociology of Culture

Media Law & Policy Concentration (MLP)

MLP.1 Research Methodologies Electives

• Environmental Economics C1 (4 units): Introduction to Environmental Economics and Policy
• Political Science W3 (4 units): Introduction to Empirical Analysis and Quantitative Methods
• Public Policy 101 (4 units): Introduction to Public Policy Analysis
• Sociology 5 (4 units): Evaluation of Evidence

MLP.2 Institutions Electives

• Film and Media 177 (4 units): Entertainment Law
• Media Studies 190 (2 units): Special Topics in Media Studies – U.S. Consumerism: A Critical Study of Marketing Today
• New Media 151AC (4 units): Transforming Tech
• Psychology 149D (4 units): Early Childhood Policy
• Undergraduate Business Administration 106 (3 units): Marketing
• Undergraduate Business Administration 160 (3 units): Consumer Insight
  

MLP.3 Citizenship Electives

• Political Science W164A (4 units): Political Psychology and Involvement
• Sociology 140 (4 units): Politics and Social Change

Additional Electives

See Digital Studies, Global Cultural Studies, and Media Law & Policy upper-division electives when selecting two additional upper-division electives from any concentration for the major.

Quicklink: Berkeley Academic Guide’s Summer 2023 Class Schedule

This set of major requirements is for students who have declared Media Studies between Fall 2018 and Summer 2021. Students declared in the major starting Fall 2021 should refer to the Curriculum with Concentration requirements.

Research Methods Courses

• Political Science W3 (4 units): Introduction to Empirical Analysis & Quantitative Methods
• Sociology 5 (4 units): Evaluation of Evidence
• Interdisciplinary Studies Field Major 110 (4 units): Special Topics in Interdisciplinary Studies – An Introduction to Data Analysis and Visualization
• Psychology 101: Research and Data Analysis in Psychology

Core Courses

Media Studies core courses are not offered Summer 2023.

Group A: History Electives

• American Studies 101 (4 units): Examining US Cultures in Time
• Interdisciplinary Studies Field Major 100D (4 units): Introduction to Technology, Society, and Culture

Group B: Specialization in a Medium Electives

• Anthropology 138A (4 units): History and Theory of Ethnographic Film
• Film and Media 145 (4 units): Global Media
• Film and Media 170 (4 units): Special Topics in Film (all topics)
• Film and Media 171 (4 units): Special Topics in Film Genre (all topics)
• Film and Media 177 (4 units): Entertainment Law
• Journalism 111 (3 units): Social Media and Journalism
• Native American Studies 158 (4 units): Native Americans and the Cinema
• New Media 151AC (4 units): Transforming Tech
• Sociology 167 (4 units): Virtual Communities/Social Media
• Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies (4 units): Performance, Television, and Social Media

Group C: Theory and Application Electives

• Demography 180 (4 units): Social Networks
• Digital Humanities 150A (3 units): Digital Humanities and Archival Design
• Media Studies 190 (2 units): Special Topics in Media Studies – U.S. Consumerism: A Critical Study of Marketing Today
• Sociology 140 (4 units): Politics and Social Change
• Sociology 160 (4 units): Sociology of Culture
• Undergraduate Business Administration 106 (3 units): Marketing
• Undergraduate Business Administration 160 (3 units): Consumer Insight

Additional Electives

Students must take two additional electives from any group: Group A: History, Group B: Specialization in a Medium, and Group C: Theory and Application. See lists above.

Quicklink: Berkeley Academic Guide’s Summer 2023 Class Schedule

Prerequisite Courses

I. American History (Post-Civil War period)

• History 7B (4 units): Introduction to the History of the United States: The United States from Civil War to Present
• History 131B (4 units): Social History of the United States: Creating Modern American Society: From the End of the Civil War

II. American Institutions

• Political Science 1 (4 units): Introduction to American Politics

III. Introductory Social Sciences and Humanities

• Anthropology 3AC (4 units): Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology
• Economics 1 (4 units): Introduction to Economics
• Economics 2 (4 units): Introduction to Economics – Lecture Format
• Psychology 1 or W1 (3 units): General Psychology
• Psychology 2 (3 units): Principles of Psychology
• Rhetoric 10 (4 units): Introduction to Practical Reasoning and Critical Analysis of Argument
• Sociology 1 (4 units): Introduction to Sociology
• Sociology 3AC (4 units): Principles of Sociology

IV. Introductory Media Studies

• Media Studies W10 (4 units): Introduction to Media Studies

Core Courses

• Media Studies 111C (4 units): Audio-Visual Media History
• Media Studies 112 (4 units): Media Theories and Processes
• Media Studies 113 (4 units): Media and Democracy
• Media Studies 114 (4 units): Media and Globalization

Elective Courses

Media Studies students must complete five electives total: three electives from your concentration plus two additional upper-division (100 – 199) electives from any concentration. For the three concentration electives, students must choose one course from each sub-category of their concentration.

Digital Studies Concentration (DS)

DS.1 Research Methodologies Electives

• Data Science C8 (4 units): Foundations of Data Science (cross-listed with STAT C8)
• Media Studies 132 (4 units): Researching Digital Media: Methods and Methodologies
• Statistics C8 (4 units): Foundations of Data Science (cross-listed with DATA C8)
• Statistics 20 (4 units): Introduction to Probability and Statistics

DS.2 Virtual Communities and Social Media Electives

• Information 103: History of Information
• Interdisciplinary Studies Field Major 100D (4 units): Introduction to Technology, Society, and Culture
• Interdisciplinary Studies Field Major 100J (4 units): The Social Life of Computing
• Media Studies 165 (4 units): Internet & Culture
• Media Studies 168 (4 units): Cybernetics and Cybercultures: The Psychosocial Impact of Digital Media
• New Media 290 – 002 (3 units): Special Topics in New Media: Queering Digital Cultures
• Sociology 166 (4 units): Society and Technology

DS.3 Digital Projects and Digital Storytelling Electives

• Media Studies 190 – 003 (4 units): Special Topics in Media Studies: Digital Storytelling: Crisis, Catastrophe and Speculative Futures
• New Media 200 (4 units): History and Theory of New Media
• New Media C265 (3 units): Interface Aesthetics

Global Cultural Studies Concentration (GCS)

GCS.1 Research Methodologies Electives

• Gender and Women Studies 101 (4 units): Doing Feminist Research
• Global Studies 102 (4 units): Critical Thinking In Global Studies

GCS.2 Visual Culture Electives

• Asian American Studies 171 (4 units): Asian Americans in Film and Video
• Ethnic Studies 122AC (4 units): Ethnicity and Race in Contemporary American Films
• Film and Media 125 (4 units): Documentary Forms
• Film and Media 135 (4 units): Experimental and Alternative Media Art
• Film and Media 145 (4 units): Global Media
• Film and Media 172 (4 units): Auteur Theory (all topics)
• Global Studies 100S (4 units): Global Societies and Cultures
• Native American Studies 158 (4 units): Native Americans and the Cinema
• Rhetoric 136 (4 units): Art and Authorship
• Rhetoric 137 (4 units): Rhetoric of the Image
• Rhetoric 145 (4 units): Science, Narrative, and Image
• Scandinavian 115 (4 units): Studies in Drama and Film

GCS.3 Popular Culture Electives

• American Studies 101 – 002 (4 units): Examining US Cultures in Time: Dust and Chrome: A History of the Present from 9/11/2001 to 1/6/2021
• American Studies 102 – 001 (4 units): Examining US Cultures in Place: Photos of America: Technology, Representation, and Landscape
• American Studies 102 – 002 (4 units): Examining US Cultures in Place: American Monuments
• American Studies 102 – 003 (4 units): Examining US Cultures in Place: The Great American City: Chicago in the Nineteenth Century
• Asian American Studies 132AC (4 units): Islamophobia and Constructing Otherness
• Japanese 178 (4 units): Murakami Haruki and Miyazaki Hayao: The Politics of Japanese Culture from the Bubble to the Present
• Sociology 160 (4 units): Sociology of Culture
• Sociology 163 (4 units): Popular Culture

Media Law & Policy Concentration (MLP)

MLP.1 Research Methodologies Electives

• Media Studies 130 (4 units): Research Methods in Media Studies
• Political Science 3 (4 units): Introduction to Empirical Analysis and Quantitative Methods
• Public Policy 101 (4 units): Introduction to Public Policy Analysis
• Sociology 5 (4 units): Evaluation of Evidence

MLP.2 Institutions Electives

• German 160B (4 units): Politics and Culture in 20th Century Germany: Fascism and Propaganda
• Journalism 136 (3 units): Media Ethics
• Political Science 106A (4 units): American Politics: Campaign Strategy – Media
• Sociology 110 (4 units): Organizations and Social Institutions
• Sociology 117 (4 units): Sport as a Social Institution
• Undergraduate Business Administration 106 (3 units): Marketing
• Undergraduate Business Administration 160 (3 units): Consumer Insight

MLP.3 Citizenship Electives

• Asian American Studies 132AC (4 units): Islamophobia and Constructing Otherness
• Letters and Science C180U (4 units): Wealth and Poverty (cross-listed with PUBPOL C103)
• Political Science 161 (4 units): Public Opinion, Voting and Participation
• Public Policy C103: Wealth and Poverty (cross-listed with LS C180U)
• Sociology 140 (4 units): Politics and Social Change
• Sociology 141 (4 units): Social Movements and Political Action

Additional Electives

See Digital Studies, Global Cultural Studies, and Media Law & Policy upper-division electives when selecting two additional upper-division electives from any concentration for the major.

Quicklink: Spring 2023 Schedule of Classes

This set of major requirements is for students who have declared Media Studies between Fall 2018 and Summer 2021. Students declared in the major starting Fall 2021 should refer to the Curriculum with Concentration requirements.

Research Methods Courses

• Political Science 3 (4 units): Introduction to Empirical Analysis & Quantitative Methods
• Sociology 5 (4 units): Evaluation of Evidence
• Media Studies 130 (4 units): Research Methods in Media Studies
• Media Studies 132 (4 units): Researching Digital Media: Methods and Methodologies

Core Courses

• Media Studies 111C (4 units): Audio-Visual Media History
• Media Studies 112 (4 units): Media Theories and Processes
• Media Studies 113 (4 units): Media and Democracy

Group A: History Electives

• American Studies 101 – 002 (4 units): Examining US Cultures in Time: Dust and Chrome: A History of the Present from 9/11/2001 to 1/6/2021
• German 160B (4 units) : Politics and Culture in 20th Century Germany: Fascism and Propaganda
• Information 103: History of Information
• Interdisciplinary Studies Field Major 100D (4 units): Introduction to Technology, Society, and Culture

Group B: Specialization in a Medium Electives

• Asian American Studies 171 (4 units): Asian Americans in Film and Video
• Ethnic Studies 122AC (4 units): Ethnicity and Race in Contemporary American Films
• Film and Media 125 (4 units): Documentary Forms
• Film and Media 135 (4 units): Experimental and Alternative Media Art
• Film and Media 145 (4 units): Global Media
• Interdisciplinary Studies Field Major 100J (4 units): The Social Life of Computing
• Media Studies 165 (4 units): Internet & Culture
• Media Studies 168 (4 units): Cybernetics and Cybercultures: The Psychosocial Impact of Digital Media
• Media Studies 190-003 (4 units): Special Topics in Media Studies: Digital Storytelling: Crisis, Catastrophe and Speculative Futures
• Native American Studies 158 (4 units): Native Americans and the Cinema
• Scandinavian 115 (4 units): Studies in Drama and Film
• Sociology 167 (4 units): Virtual Communities/Social Media

Group C: Theory and Application Electives

• Asian American Studies 132AC (4 units): Islamophobia and Constructing Otherness
• Global Studies 100S (4 units): Global Societies and Cultures
• Japanese 178 (4 units): Murakami Haruki and Miyazaki Hayao: The Politics of Japanese Culture from the Bubble to the Present
• Journalism 136 (3 units): Media Ethics
• Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender Studies C146A (4 units): Cultural Representations of Sexualities: Queer Literary Culture
• Letters and Science C180U (4 units): Wealth and Poverty (cross-listed with PUBPOL C103)
• Media Studies 114 (4 units): Media and Globalization
• Political Science 106A (4 units): American Politics: Campaign Strategy – Media
• Political Science 161 (4 units): Public Opinion, Voting and Participation
• Public Policy C103 (4 units): Wealth and Poverty (cross-listed with LS C180U)
• Rhetoric 137 (4 units): Rhetoric of the Image
• Rhetoric 145 (4 units): Science, Narrative, and Image
• Sociology 110 (4 units): Organizations and Social Institutions
• Sociology 117 (4 units): Sport as a Social Institution
• Sociology 140 (4 units): Politics and Social Change
• Sociology 141 (4 units): Social Movements and Political Action
• Sociology 160 (4 units): Sociology of Culture
• Sociology 163 (4 units): Popular Culture
• Sociology 166 (4 units): Society and Technology
• Undergraduate Business Administration 106 (3 units): Marketing

Additional Electives

Students must take two additional electives from any group: Group A: History, Group B: Specialization in a Medium, and Group C: Theory and Application. See lists above.

Quicklink: Spring 2023 Schedule of Classes

Prerequisite Courses

I. American History (Post-Civil War period)

• History 124B: The Recent United States: The United States from World War II

II. American Institutions

• Political Science 1: Introduction to American Politics

III. Introductory Social Sciences and Humanities

• Anthropology 3AC: Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology
• Comparative Literature 20C: Episodes in Literary Cultures: Literature and History: How to Lead a Good Life: Ancient and Modern Answers
• Economics 1: Introduction to Economics
• Psychology 1: General Psychology
• Psychology 2: Principles of Psychology
• Rhetoric 20: Rhetorical Interpretation
• Sociology 1: Introduction to Sociology
• Sociology 3AC: Principles of Sociology
• Theater 26: Introduction to Performance Studies

IV. Introductory Media Studies

• Media Studies 10: Introduction to Media Studies

Core Courses

• Media Studies 111B: Text and Data Media History
• Media Studies 112: Media Theories and Processes

Elective Courses – Take five electives–three electives from your concentration plus two upper-division (100 – 199) additional electives from any concentration.

Digital Studies Concentration (DS)

DS.1 Research Methodologies Electives

• Computer Science C8: Foundations of Data Science (cross-list DATA C8 and STAT C8)
• Data Science C8: Foundations of Data Science (cross-list COMPSCI C8 and STAT C8)
• Demography 180: Social Networks
• Statistics C8: Foundations of Data Science (cross-list COMPSCI C8, DATA C8 and INFO C8)
• Statistics 20: Introduction to Probability and Statistics

DS.2 Virtual Communities and Social Media Electives

• African American Studies 134: Information, Technology, and Society
• Media Studies 104E: History and Development of Online News
• Sociology 166: Society and Technology
• Sociology 167: Virtual Communities/Social Media

DS.3 Digital Projects and Digital Storytelling Electives

• Media Studies 190-002: Special Topics in Media Studies: Video Games and Playful Media
• New Media 200: History and Theory of New Media
• New Media 201: Questioning New Media
• New Media 205: Locative Media
• New Media C262: Theory and Practice of Tangible User Interfaces

Global Cultural Studies Concentration (GCS)

GCS.1 Research Methodologies Electives

• Global Studies 102: Critical Thinking In Global Studies
• Media Studies 131: Cultural Studies Research Methodology

GCS.2 Visual Culture Electives

• Chicano Studies 135B: Latino Narrative Film Since 1990
• Film and Media 125: Documentary Forms: Documentary Forms & Explorations
• Film and Media 135: Experimental and Alternative Media Art
• Film and Media 145: Global Media
• Film and Media 170: Special Topics in Film: Slow Cinema: Economies of Attention
• Italian Studies 170: The Italian Cinema: History, Genres, Authors: Global Neorealism’Korean 188: Cold War Culture in Korea: Literature and Film
• Media Studies 190-003: Special Topics in Media Studies: The Music Video: Critical Approaches to a Spellbinding Cultural Form
• Rhetoric 137: Rhetoric of Image

GCS.3 Popular Culture Electives

• American Studies 101-001: Examining US Cultures in Time:The Ordinary and Extraordinary 1890s
• American Studies 101-002: Examining US Cultures in Time: James Baldwin’s America, 1953-1974
• American Studies 101-003: Examining US Cultures in Time: The Music of 1971
• Asian American Studies 138: Topics in Asian Popular Culture
• English 174: The Seventies
• Media Studies 170: Cultural History of Advertising
• Media Studies 175: Gender, Race and National Identity in Global Popular Culture
• Media Studies 190-001: Special Topics in Media Studies: Media and Social Class
• Sociology 160: Sociology of Culture
• South and Southeast Asian Studies 167: Contemporary Popular Cultures of the Philippines

Media Law & Policy Concentration (MLP)

MLP.1 Research Methodologies Electives

• Economics C3: Introduction to Environmental Economics and Policy (cross-listed with ENVECON C1)
• Environmental Economics C1: Introduction to Environmental Economics and Policy (cross-listed with ECON C3)
• Political Science 3: Introduction to Empirical Analysis & Quantitative Methods
• Public Policy 101: Introduction to Public Policy Analysis
• Sociology 5: Evaluation of Evidence
• Sociology 7: The Power of Numbers: Quantitative Data in Social Sciences

MLP.2 Institutions Electives

• African American Studies 134: Information Technology and Society
• Media Studies 104E: History and Development of Online News
• Media Studies 180: Television Studies
• Political Science 106A: American Politics: Campaign Strategy–Media
• Sociology 110: Organizations and Social Institutions
• Undergraduate Business Administration 106: Marketing
• Undergraduate Business Administration 160: Consumer Insight

MLP.3 Citizenship Electives

• Media Studies 104D: Privacy in the Digital Age
• Media Studies 190-001: Special Topics in Media Studies: Media and Social Class
• Political Science 161: Public Opinion, Voting & Participation
• Political Science 164A: Political Psychology and Involvement
• Political Science W164A: Political Psychology and Involvement

Additional Electives

See Digital Studies, Global Cultural Studies, and Media Law & Policy upper-division electives when selecting two additional upper-division electives from any concentration for the major.

Prerequisites

The last opportunity to apply to Media Studies and follow the Declared Fall 2018 to Summer 2021 Requirements was summer 2021. See Applying: Overview and Prerequisites.

Research Methods Courses

• Political Science 3: Introduction to Empirical Analysis & Quantitative Methods
• Sociology 5: Evaluation of Evidence
• Sociology 7: The Power of Numbers: Quantitative Data in Social Sciences
• Media Studies 131: Cultural Studies Research Methodology
• Psychology 101: Research and Data Analysis in Psychology

Core Courses

Media Studies 111B: Text and Data Media History
Media Studies 112: Media Theories and Processes

Elective Courses – Take five electives–one in each group and two additional electives from any group.

Group A: History Electives

• American Studies 101-001: Examining US Cultures in Time:The Ordinary and Extraordinary 1890s
• American Studies 101-002: Examining US Cultures in Time: James Baldwin’s America, 1953-1974
• American Studies 101-003: Examining US Cultures in Time: The Music of 1971
• History 128AC: California, the West, and the World: From Gold and Guano to Google and the New Gilded Age
• History C182C: Introduction to Science, Technology, and Society (cross-listed with ISF C100G, STS C100)
• Interdisciplinary Studies Field Major C100G: Introduction to Science, Technology, and Society (cross-listed with HISTORY C100G)
• Media Studies 104E: History and Development of Online News
• Media Studies 170: Cultural History of Advertising

Group B: Specialization in a Medium Electives

• Chicano Studies 135B: Latino Narrative Film Since 1990
• Chicano Studies 135C: Latino Documentary Film
• Chinese 172: Contemporary Chinese Language Cinema
• East Asian Languages and Cultures 181: East Asian Film: Special Topics in Genre
• Ethnic Studies 122AC: Ethnicity and Race in Contemporary American Films
• Film and Media 108: Special Topics in Film Genre (all topics)
• Film and Media 125: Documentary Forms
• Film and Media 135: Experimental and Alternative Media Art
• Film and Media 170: Special Topics in Film: Slow Cinema: Economies of Attention
• Film and Media 145: Global Media
• Italian Studies 170: The Italian Cinema: History, Genres, Authors
• Korean 188: Cold War Culture in Korea: Literature and Film
• Media Studies 180: Television Studies
• Media Studies 190-002: Special Topics in Media Studies: Video Games and Playful Media
• Media Studies 190-003: Special Topics in Media Studies: The Music Video: Critical Approaches to a Spellbinding Cultural Form
• Sociology 167: Virtual Communities/Social Media

Group C: Theory and Application Electives

• African American Studies 134: Information Technology and Society
• Anthropology 150: Utopia: Art and Power in Modern Times
• Asian American Studies 138: Topics in Asian Popular Culture (all topics)
• Demography 180: Social Networks
• Interdisciplinary Studies Field Major (ISF) 100C: Language and Identity
• Media Studies 190-001: Special Topics in Media Studies: Media and Social Class
• Media Studies 104D: Privacy in the Digital Age
• Media Studies 114: Media and Globalization
• Media Studies 175: Gender, Race and National Identity in Global Popular Culture 
• Middle Eastern Languages & Cultures 157: Reel Arabs: Film and Fiction in the Middle East
• Political Science 106A: American Politics: Campaign Strategy–Media
• Political Science 161: Public Opinion, Voting and Participation
• Rhetoric 137: Rhetoric of Image
• Sociology 110: Organizations and Social Institutions
• Sociology 133: Sociology of Gender
• Sociology 140: Politics and Social Change
• Sociology 150: Social Psychology
• Sociology 160: Sociology of Culture
• Sociology 163: Popular Culture
• South and Southeast Asian Studies 167: Contemporary Popular Cultures of the Philippines
• Undergraduate Business Administration 106: Marketing

Additional Electives

Students must take two additional electives from any group: Group A: History, Group B: Specialization in a Medium, and Group C: Theory and Application. See lists above.

Prerequisite Courses

I. American History (Post-Civil War period)

• History 7B: Introduction to History of the U.S.–Civil War to Present
• History 131B: Social History of the U.S.: Creating Modern American Society: From the end of the Civil War

II. American Institutions

• Political Science 1: Introduction to American Politics

III. Introductory Social Sciences and Humanities

• Anthropology 3AC: Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology
• Economics 1: Introduction to Economics
• Psychology W1: General Psychology

IV. Introductory Media Studies

• Media Studies 10: Introduction to Media Studies

GCS.2 – Visual Culture

• Anthropology 138A: History and Theory of Ethnographic Film
• Chicano Studies 135C: Latino Documentary Film
• Ethnic Studies 122AC: Ethnicity and Race in Contemporary American Films
• Film and Media 135: Experimental and Alternative Media Art
• Film and Media 140AC: Be/longings
• Film and Media 171: Special Topics in Film Genre 
• Native American Studies 158: Native Americans and the Cinema
• Theater, Dance and Performance Studies 118AC: Performance, Television, and Social Media

Additional Electives

See Digital Studies, Global Cultural Studies, and Media Law & Policy upper-division electives when selecting two additional upper-division electives from any concentration for the major.

Prerequisite Courses

I. American History (Post-Civil War period)

• History 7B: Introduction to History of the U.S.–Civil War to Present
• History 131B: Social History of the U.S.: Creating Modern American Society: From the end of the Civil War

II. American Institutions

• Political Science 1: Introduction to American Politics

III. Introductory Social Sciences and Humanities

• Anthropology 3AC: Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology
• Economics 1: Introduction to Economics
• Psychology W1: General Psychology

IV. Introductory Media Studies

• Media Studies 10: Introduction to Media Studies

DS.1 Research Methodologies Electives

• Data Science C8: Foundations of Data Science
• Statistics C8: Foundations of Data Science
• Statistics 20: Introduction to Probability and Statistics

DS.2 Virtual Communities and Social Media Electives

• Interdisciplinary Studies Field Major 100D: Introduction to Technology, Society, and Culture
• Journalism 111: Social Media
• Sociology 167: Virtual Communities/Social Media
• Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies 118AC: Performance, Television, and Social Media

DS.3 Digital Projects and Digital Storytelling Electives

• Digital Humanities 150A: Digital Humanities and Archival Design
• Film and Media 155: Media Technologies: Immersive Media
• Journalism 110: Introduction to Multimedia
• Journalism 115: Advanced Multimedia
• Journalism 122: The Future of Digital Storytelling
• Journalism 124: Data Journalism

Additional Electives

See Digital Studies, Global Cultural Studies, and Media Law & Policy upper-division electives when selecting two additional upper-division electives from any concentration for the major

Prerequisite Courses

I. American History (Post-Civil War period)

• History 7B: Introduction to History of the U.S.–Civil War to Present
• History 131B: Social History of the U.S.: Creating Modern American Society: From the end of the Civil War

II. American Institutions

• Political Science 1: Introduction to American Politics

III. Introductory Social Sciences and Humanities

• Anthropology 3AC: Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology
• Economics 1: Introduction to Economics
• Psychology W1: General Psychology

IV. Introductory Media Studies

• Media Studies 10: Introduction to Media Studies

MLP.1 – Research Methodologies 

• Economics C3: Introduction to Environmental Economics and Policy
• Environmental Economics C1: Introduction to Environmental Economics and Policy
• Political Science W3: Empirical Analysis and Quantitative Methods
• Sociology 5: Evaluation of Evidence

Additional Electives

See Digital Studies, Global Cultural Studies, and Media Law & Policy upper-division electives when selecting two additional upper-division electives from any concentration for the majo

Prerequisite Courses

I. American History (Post-Civil War period)

• History 7B: Introduction to History of the U.S.–Civil War to Present
• History 131B: Social History of the U.S.: Creating Modern American Society: From the end of the Civil War

II. American Institutions

• Political Science 1: Introduction to American Politics

III. Introductory Social Sciences and Humanities

• Anthropology 3AC: Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology
• Economics 1: Introduction to Economics
• Psychology W1: General Psychology

IV. Introductory Media Studies

• Media Studies 10: Introduction to Media Studies

• Political Science W3: Introduction to Empirical Analysis & Quantitative Methods
• Psychology 101: Research and Data Analysis in Psychology
• Sociology 5: Evaluation of Evidence

• American Studies 101: Examining US Cultures in Time 
• Interdisciplinary Studies Field Major (ISF): 100D Introduction to Science, Technology and Society

Group B

• Anthropology 138A: History and Theory of Ethnographic Film
• Chicano Studies 135C: Latino Documentary Film
• English 176: Literature and Popular Culture
• Ethnic Studies 122AC: Ethnicity and Race in Contemporary American Films
• Film and Media 135: Experimental and Alternative Media Art
• Film and Media 171: Special Topics in Film Genre
• Film and Media 177: Entertainment Law
• Journalism 111: Social Media and Journalism
• Native American Studies 158: Native Americans and the Cinema
• Sociology 167: Virtual Communities/Social Media
• Theater, Dance and Performance Studies 118AC: Performance, Television, and Social Media

Group C

• Anthropology 166: Language, Culture and Society
• Demography 180: Social Networks
• Digital Humanities 150A: Digital Humanities and Archival Design
• Interdisciplinary Studies Field Major (ISF) 100H: Introduction to Media and International Relations
• Media Studies 190: Special Topics in Media Studies: US Consumerism: A Critical Study of Marketing Today
• Political Science W164A: Political Psychology and Involvement
• Psychology 166AC: Cultural Psychology
• Psychology N160: Social Psychology
• Sociology 140: Politics and Social Change
• Sociology 150: Social Psychology
• Sociology 160: Sociology of Culture
• Undergraduate Business Administration 106: Marketing
• Undergraduate Business Administration 165: Advertising Strategy

Prerequisite Courses

I. American History (Post-Civil War period)

• History 7B: Introduction to History of the U.S.–Civil War to Present
• History 131B: Social History of the U.S.: Creating Modern American Society: From the end of the Civil War

II. American Institutions

• Political Science 1: Introduction to American Politics

III. Introductory Social Sciences and Humanities

• Anthropology 3AC: Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology
• Comparative Literature 20: Episodes in Literary Cultures: Literature and Philosophy
• Economics 1: Introduction to Economics
• Psychology 1 or W1: General Psychology
• Psychology 2: Principles of Psychology
• Rhetoric 10: Introduction to Practical Reasoning and Critical Analysis of Argument
• Sociology 1: Introduction to Sociology
• Sociology 3AC: Principles of Sociology

IV. Introductory Media Studies

• Media Studies W10: Introduction to Media Studies

Core Courses

• Media Studies 111C: Audio-Visual Media History
• Media Studies 112: Media Theories and Processes
• Media Studies 113: Media and Democracy
• Media Studies 114: Media and Globalization

DS.1 Research Methodologies Electives

• Art Practice 178: Advanced Digital Media: Game Design Methods
• Data Science C8: Foundations of Data Science
• Interdisciplinary Studies Field Major 110: An Introduction to Data Analysis and Visualization
• Media Studies 132: Researching Digital Media: Methods and Methodologies
• Statistics C8: Foundations of Data Science
• Statistics 20: Introduction to Probability and Statistics

DS.2 Virtual Communities and Social Media Electives

• History 182A: Science, Technology, and Society
• Information 103: History of Information
• Interdisciplinary Studies Field Major 100J: The Social Life of Computing
• Media Studies 168: Cybernetics and Cybercultures: The Psychosocial Impact of Digital Media
• New Media 290/002: Special Topics in New Media: Queering Digital Cultures
• Sociology 166: Society and Technology
• Sociology 167: Virtual Communities/Social Media

DS.3 Digital Projects and Digital Storytelling Electives

• Art C166: Critical Practices: People, Places, Participation (cross-list: NWMEDIA C166)
• Film and Media 155: Media Technologies: Cinema After Digitization
• Media Studies 101: Visual Culture
• Media Studies 190-003: Special Topics in Media Studies: Digital Storytelling: Crisis, Catastrophe and Speculative Futures
• New Media C166: Critical Practices: People, Places, Participation (cross-list: ART C166)
• New Media 201: Questioning New Media
• New Media C265: Interface Aesthetics
• New Media 204: Critical Practices: People, Places, Participation
• New Media 205: Locative Media
• New Media C262: Tangible User Interfaces
• New Media C263: Technologies for Creativity and Learning

Additional Electives

See Digital Studies, Global Cultural Studies, and Media Law & Policy upper-division electives when selecting two additional upper-division electives from any concentration for the major.

Prerequisite Courses

I. American History (Post-Civil War period)

• History 7B: Introduction to History of the U.S.–Civil War to Present
• History 131B: Social History of the U.S.: Creating Modern American Society: From the end of the Civil War

II. American Institutions

• Political Science 1: Introduction to American Politics

III. Introductory Social Sciences and Humanities

• Anthropology 3AC: Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology
• Comparative Literature 20: Episodes in Literary Cultures: Literature and Philosophy
• Economics 1: Introduction to Economics
• Psychology 1 or W1: General Psychology
• Psychology 2: Principles of Psychology
• Rhetoric 10: Introduction to Practical Reasoning and Critical Analysis of Argument
• Sociology 1: Introduction to Sociology
• Sociology 3AC: Principles of Sociology

IV. Introductory Media Studies

• Media Studies W10: Introduction to Media Studies

Core Courses

• Media Studies 111C: Audio-Visual Media History
• Media Studies 112: Media Theories and Processes
• Media Studies 113: Media and Democracy
• Media Studies 114: Media and Globalization

GCS.1 Research Methodologies Electives

• Gender and Women Studies 101: Doing Feminist Research
• Global Studies 102: Critical Thinking In Global Studies

GCS.2 Visual Culture Electives

• Asian American Studies 171: Asian Americans in Film and Video
• Chinese 172: Contemporary Chinese Language Cinema
• East Asian Languages and Cultures 181: East Asian Film: Special Topics in Genre
• Ethnic Studies 122AC: Ethnicity and Race in Contemporary American Films
• Film and Media 125: Documentary Forms
• Film and Media 145: Global Media
• Film and Media 170: Special Topics in Film (Topic TBA)
• Film and Media 171: Special Topics in Film Genre: Bloodsuckers, Aesthetes, and Queers: Tracking the Vampire Genre
• Film and Media 172: Auteur Theory (all topics)
• Global Studies 100S: Global Societies and Cultures
• History of Art 108: Cities and Arts: Projecting Ancient Rome
• Korean 188: Cold War Culture in Korea: Literature and Film
• Media Studies 101: Visual Culture
• Native American Studies 158: Native Americans and the Cinema
• Rhetoric 145: Science, Narrative, and Image

GCS.3 Popular Culture Electives

• American Studies 101: Examining US Cultures in Time: Dust and Chrome: America and the 1930s
• American Studies 101: Examining US Cultures in Time: Speed in American Culture
• American Studies 102: Examining US Cultures in Place: Let There Be Light: UC Berkeley in American History and Culture
• American Studies 102: Examining US Cultures in Place: Hands on the Vines: The California Wine Industry
• Asian American Studies 132AC: Islamophobia and Constructing Otherness
• Asian American Studies 138: Topics in Asian Popular Culture (all topics)
• English 176: Literature and Popular Culture 
• Japanese 178:The Politics of Japanese Culture from the Bubble to the Present
• Korean 109: Korean Language in Popular Media
• Media Studies 190-001: Special Topics in Media Studies: Beauty, Gender and Race in Global Popular Culture
• Sociology 163: Popular Culture

Additional Electives

See Digital Studies, Global Cultural Studies, and Media Law & Policy upper-division electives when selecting two additional upper-division electives from any concentration for the major.

Prerequisite Courses

I. American History (Post-Civil War period)

• History 7B: Introduction to History of the U.S.–Civil War to Present
• History 131B: Social History of the U.S.: Creating Modern American Society: From the end of the Civil War

II. American Institutions

• Political Science 1: Introduction to American Politics

III. Introductory Social Sciences and Humanities

• Anthropology 3AC: Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology
• Comparative Literature 20: Episodes in Literary Cultures: Literature and Philosophy
• Economics 1: Introduction to Economics
• Psychology 1 or W1: General Psychology
• Psychology 2: Principles of Psychology
• Rhetoric 10: Introduction to Practical Reasoning and Critical Analysis of Argument
• Sociology 1: Introduction to Sociology
• Sociology 3AC: Principles of Sociology

IV. Introductory Media Studies

• Media Studies W10: Introduction to Media Studies

Core Courses

• Media Studies 111C: Audio-Visual Media History
• Media Studies 112: Media Theories and Processes
• Media Studies 113: Media and Democracy
• Media Studies 114: Media and Globalization

MLP.1 Research Methodologies Electives

• Political Science 3: Empirical Analysis and Quantitative Methods
• Public Policy 101: Introduction to Public Policy Analysis
• Sociology 5: Evaluation of Evidence

MLP.2 Institutions Electives

• African American Studies 134/C134: Information Technology and Society
• American Studies C172: History of American Business (cross-list: UGBA C172)
• German 160B: Politics and Culture in 20th Century Germany: Fascism and Propaganda
• Information 134: Information Technology Economics, Strategy, and Policy
• Journalism 136: Media Ethics
• Political Science 106A: Campaign Strategy: Media and Message
• Sociology 110: Organizations and Social Institutions
• Sociology 117: Sport as a Social Institution
• Undergraduate Business Administration 106: Marketing
• Undergraduate Business Administration 160: Consumer Insight
• Undergraduate Business Administration: History of American Business (cross-list: AMERSTD C172)
  

MLP.3 Citizenship Electives

• Asian American Studies 132AC: Islamophobia and Constructing Otherness
• Letters and Science C180U: Wealth and Poverty (cross-list: PUBPOL C103)
• Public Policy C103: Wealth and Poverty (cross-list: LS C180U)
• Sociology 140: Politics and Social Change
• Sociology 145: Social Change

Additional Electives

See Digital Studies, Global Cultural Studies, and Media Law & Policy upper-division electives when selecting two additional upper-division electives from any concentration for the major.

Prerequisite Courses

The last opportunity to apply to Media Studies and follow the Declared Fall 2018 to Summer 2021 Requirements was Summer 2021. See Applying: Overview and Prerequisites.

Research Methods Courses

• Political Science 3: Introduction to Empirical Analysis & Quantitative Methods
• Sociology 5: Evaluation of Evidence
• Media Studies 132: Researching Digital Media: Methods and Methodologies
• Psychology 101: Research and Data Analysis in Psychology

Core Courses

• Media Studies 111C: Audio-Visual Media History
• Media Studies 112: Media Theories and Processes
• Media Studies 113: Media and Democracy

Group A: History Electives

• American Studies 101-001: Examining US Cultures in Time: Speed in American Culture
• American Studies 101-002: Examining US Cultures in Time: Dust and Chrome: America and the 1930s
• American Studies C172: History of American Business (cross-list: UGBA C172)
• German 160B: Politics and Culture in 20th Century Germany: Fascism and Propaganda
• History 182A: Science, Technology, and Society
• Information 103: History of Information
• Undergraduate Business Administration C172: History of American Business (cross-list: AMERSTD C172)

Group B: Specialization in a Medium Electives

• Asian American Studies 171: Asian Americans in Film and Video
• Chinese 172: Contemporary Chinese Language Cinema
• East Asian Languages and Cultures 181: East Asian Film: Special Topics in Genre (Topic TBA)
• English 176: Literature and Popular Culture
• Ethnic Studies 122AC: Ethnicity and Race in Contemporary American Films
• Film and Media 170: Special Topics in Film (Topic TBA)
• Film and Media 171: Special Topics in Film Genre: Bloodsuckers, Aesthetes, and Queers: Tracking the Vampire Genre
• Film and Media 172: Auteur Theory
• Film and Media 145: Global Media
• Film and Media 125: Documentary Forms
• History of Art 108: Cities and Arts: Projecting Ancient Rome
• Interdisciplinary Studies Field Major 100J: The Social Life of Computing
• Korean 188: Cold War Culture in Korea: Literature and Film
• Media Studies 168: Cybernetics and Cybercultures: The Psychosocial Impact of Digital Media
• Media Studies 190-003: Special Topics in Media Studies: Digital Storytelling: Crisis, Catastrophe and Speculative Futures
• Native American Studies 158: Native Americans and the Cinema
• Rhetoric 114: Rhetoric of New Media
• Sociology 167: Virtual Communities/Social Media

Group C: Theory and Application Electives

• Asian American Studies 132AC: Islamaphobia and Constructing Otherness
• Asian American Studies 138: Topics in Asian Popular Culture (all topics)
• Demography 180: Social Networks
• Global Studies 100S: Global Societies and Cultures
• Interdisciplinary Studies Field Major (ISF) 100C: Language and Identity
• Japanese 178: Murakami Haruki and Miyazaki Hayao: the Politics of Japanese Culture from the Bubble to the Present
• Journalism 136: Media Ethics
• Korean 109: Korean Language in Popular Media
• Letters and Science C180U: Wealth and Poverty (cross-list: PUBPOL C103)
• Media Studies 101: Visual Culture
• Media Studies 114: Media and Globalization
• Media Studies 190-001: Special Topics in Media Studies: Beauty, Gender and Race in Global Popular Culture
• Political Science 106A: American Politics: Campaign Strategy–Media
• Public Policy C103: Wealth and Poverty (cross-list: LS C180U)
• Rhetoric 145: Science, Narrative, and Image
• Sociology 110: Organizations and Social Institutions
• Sociology 117: Sport as a Social Institution
• Sociology 133: Sociology of Gender
• Sociology 140: Politics and Social Change
• Sociology 145: Social Change
• Sociology 163: Popular Culture
• Sociology 166: Society and Technology
• South and Southeast Asian Studies 167: Contemporary Popular Cultures of the Philippines
• Undergraduate Business Administration 106: Marketing

Additional Electives

Students must take two additional electives from any group: Group A: History, Group B: Specialization in a Medium, and Group C: Theory and Application. See lists above.

Prerequisite Courses

I. American History (Post-Civil War period)

• History 124B: The Recent United States: The United States from World War II

II. American Institutions

• Political Science 1: Introduction to American Politics

III. Introductory Social Sciences and Humanities

• Anthropology 3AC: Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology
• Comparative Literature 20C: Episodes in Literary Cultures: Literature and History: How to Lead a Good Life: Ancient and Modern Answers
• Economics 1: Introduction to Economics
• Economics 1: Introduction to Economics–Lecture Format
• Psychology 1: General Psychology
• Psychology W1: General Psychology
• Psychology 2: Principles of Psychology
• Rhetoric 20: Rhetorical Interpretation
• Sociology 1: Introduction to Sociology
• Sociology 3AC: Principles of Sociology
• Theater 26: Introduction to Performance Studies

IV. Introductory Media Studies

• Media Studies W10-001: Introduction to Media Studies

Core Courses

• Media Studies 111B: Text and Data Media History
• Media Studies 112: Media Theories and Processes

Elective Courses – Take five electives–three electives from your concentration plus two upper-division (100 – 199) additional electives from any concentration.

Digital Studies Concentration (DS)

DS.1 Research Methodologies Electives

• Computer Science C8: Foundations of Data Science – Internet/Online (cross-list DATA C8, INFO C8 and STAT C8)
• Computer Science C8: Foundations of Data Science (cross-list DATA C8, INFO C8 and STAT C8)
• Data Science C8: Foundations of Data Science – Internet/Online (cross-list COMPSCI C8, INFO C8 and STAT C8)
• Data Science C8: Foundations of Data Science (cross-list COMPSCI C8, INFO C8 and STAT C8)
• Demography 180: Social Networks
• Information C8: Foundations of Data Science– Internet/Online (cross-list COMPSCI C8, DATA C8 and STAT C8)
• Information C8: Foundations of Data Science (cross-list COMPSCI C8, DATA C8 and STAT C8)
• Scandinavian 127: Social Network Analysis and the Icelandic Family Saga
• Statistics C8: Foundations of Data Science – Internet/Online (cross-list COMPSCI C8, DATA C8 and INFO C8)
• Statistics C8: Foundations of Data Science (cross-list COMPSCI C8, DATA C8 and INFO C8)
• Statistics 20: Introduction to Probability and Statistics – Internet/Online
• Statistics 20: Introduction to Probability and Statistics

DS.2 Virtual Communities and Social Media Electives

• African American Studies 134: Information, Technology, and Society
• Media Studies 104E: History and Development of Online News
• Media Studies 190: Special Topics in Media Studies: A Guide to Your Self: Media, Personality, and Identity as History and Theory
• Sociology 167: Virtual Communities/Social Media

DS.3 Digital Projects and Digital Storytelling Electives

• Media Studies 190-003: Special Topics in Media Studies: Video Games and Playful Media
• New Media 200: History and Theory of New Media
• New Media C262: Theory and Practice of Tangible User Interfaces

Global Cultural Studies Concentration (GCS)

GCS.1 Research Methodologies Electives

• Global Studies 102: Critical Thinking In Global Studies
• Media Studies 131: Cultural Studies Research Methodology

GCS.2 Visual Culture Electives

• Chicano Studies 135B: Latino Narrative Film Since 1990
• Film and Media 125: Documentary Forms: Documentary Forms & Explorations
• Film and Media 135: Experimental and Alternative Media Art
• Film and Media 145: Global Media
• Film and Media 170: Special Topics in Film: Black Media and Poetics
• Film and Media 171: Special Topics in Film Genre: Semester-specific topic TBA
• Italian Studies 170: The Italian Cinema: History, Genres, Authors: Italian Cinema and the Ecological Imagination
• Korean 186: Introduction to Korean Cinema
• Korean 187: History and Memory in Korean Cinema
• Media Studies 190-004: Special Topics in Media Studies: Reading the Media: Hip hop, K-Pop, and Soap Operas (changed 6/10/21 from GCS.3)
• Rhetoric 137: Rhetoric of Image
• Theater, Dance and Performance Studies 151A: Histories of Performance: Performance and Community

GCS.3 Popular Culture Electives

• American Studies 101: Examining US Cultures in Time: Explosive Ideologies: American Culture in the Atomic Age
• American Studies 101: Examining US Cultures in Time: Classical Music and American Mass Culture Between the World Wars
• American Studies 102AC: Examining US Cultures in Place: Beaches in Mind: The Beach in American Culture
• American Studies 102: Examining US Cultures in Place: The American Southwest: The Construction and Mediation of Regional Identity
• American Studies 102: Examining US Cultures in Place: California Stories: Tourism, Labor, Theater in the Golden State (combined with THEATER 126)
• Asian American Studies 138: Topics in Asian Popular Culture: Semester-specific Topic TBA
• Media Studies 170: Cultural History of Advertising
• Media Studies 190: Special Topics in Media Studies: Beauty and Fashion in the Popular Culture (changed 6/10/21 from GCS.2)
• Sociology 160: Sociology of Culture
• Theater 126: Performance Literatures: California Stories: Tourism, Labor, Theater in the Golden State (combined with AMERSTD 102)

Media Law & Policy Concentration (MLP)

MLP.1 Research Methodologies Electives

• Economics C3: Introduction to Environmental Economics and Policy (cross-listed with ENVECON C1)
• Environmental Economics C1: Introduction to Environmental Economics and Policy (cross-listed with ECON C3)
• Political Science 3: Introduction to Empirical Analysis & Quantitative Methods
• Public Policy 101: Introduction to Public Policy Analysis
• Sociology 5: Evaluation of Evidence
• Sociology 7: The Power of Numbers: Quantitative Data in Social Sciences

MLP.2 Institutions Electives

• Media Studies 104E-001: History and Development of Online News
• Media Studies 180-001: Television Studies
• Political Science 106A-001: American Politics: Campaign Strategy–Media
• Sociology 110-001: Organizations and Social Institutions
• Undergraduate Business Administration 106: Marketing
• Undergraduate Business Administration 160: Consumer Insight

MLP.3 Citizenship Electives

• Anthropology 196-005: Undergraduate Seminar: Mental Health in Conflict Zones: The Politics of Trauma on the Border of Israel and Gaza
• Information 188-001: Behind the Data: Humans and Values
• Interdisciplinary Studies Field Major (ISF) 100I-001: Consumer Society and Culture
• Letters and Science C138-001: Art and Activism (cross-listed Music C138)
• Media Studies 104D-001: Privacy in the Digital Age
• Music C138: Art and Activism (cross-listed LS C138)
• Sociology 141: Social Movements and Political Action

Additional Electives

See Digital Studies, Global Cultural Studies, and Media Law & Policy upper-division electives when selecting two additional upper-division electives from any concentration for the major.

Prerequisites

The last opportunity to apply to Media Studies and follow the Declared Fall 2018 to Summer 2021 Requirements was summer 2021. See Applying: Overview and Prerequisites.  

Research Methods Courses

• Political Science 3: Introduction to Empirical Analysis & Quantitative Methods
• Sociology 5: Evaluation of Evidence
• Sociology 7: The Power of Numbers: Quantitative Data in Social Sciences
• Media Studies 131: Cultural Studies Research Methodology
• Psychology 101: Research and Data Analysis in Psychology
• Sociology 105: Introduction to Sociological Methods

Core Courses

• Media Studies 111B: Text and Data Media History
• Media Studies 112: Media Theories and Processes

Group A: History Electives

• American Studies 101: Examining US Cultures in Time: Explosive Ideologies: American Culture in the Atomic Age
• American Studies 101: Examining US Cultures in Time: Classical Music and American Mass Culture Between the World Wars
• Media Studies 104E: History and Development of Online News
• Media Studies 170: Cultural History of Advertising
• Media Studies 190: Special Topics in Media Studies: A Guide to Your Self: Media, Personality, and Identity as History and Theory (changed: now Group A)

Group B: Specialization in a Medium Electives

• Chicano Studies 135B: Latino Narrative Film Since 1990
• Film and Media 125: Documentary Forms: Documentary Forms & Explorations
• Film and Media 135: Experimental and Alternative Media Art
• Film and Media 145: Global Media
• Film and Media 170: Special Topics in Film: Black Media and Poetics
• Film and Media 171: Special Topics in Film Genre: Semester-specific topic TBA
• Italian Studies 170: The Italian Cinema: History, Genres, Authors: Italian Cinema and the Ecological Imagination
• Korean 186: Introduction to Korean Cinema
• Korean 187: History and Memory in Korean Cinema
• Media Studies 180: Television Studies
• Media Studies 190: Special Topics in Media Studies: Video Games and Playful Media
• Sociology 167: Virtual Communities/Social Media

Group C: Theory and Application Electives

• African American Studies 134: Information Technology and Society
• American Studies 102AC: Examining US Cultures in Place: Beaches in Mind: The Beach in American Culture
• Anthropology 150: Utopia: Art and Power in Modern Times
  
• Anthropology 196-005: Undergraduate Seminar: Mental Health in Conflict Zones: The Politics of Trauma on the Border of Israel and Gaza
• Asian American Studies 138: Topics in Asian Popular Culture: Semester-specific Topic TBA
• Demography 180: Social Networks
• Global Studies 140: Topics in Global Studies and Cultures (cross-listed as Slavic 139)
  
• Interdisciplinary Studies Field Major (ISF) 100I: Consumer Society and Culture
• Letters and Science C138: Art and Activism (cross-listed as Music C138)
• Media Studies 104D: Privacy in the Digital Age
• Media Studies 190: Special Topics in Media Studies: Beauty and Fashion in the Popular Culture
• Media Studies 190: Special Topics in Media Studies: Reading the Media: Hip hop, K-Pop, and Soap Operas
• Music C138: Art and Activism
• Political Science 106A: American Politics: Campaign Strategy–Media
• Psychology 160: Social Psychology
• Slavic Languages and Literatures 139: Post-Soviet Cultures
• Sociology 110: Organizations and Social Institutions
• Sociology 141: Social Movements and Political Action
• Sociology 150: Social Psychology
• Sociology 160: Sociology of Culture
• Undergraduate Business Administration 106: Marketing 

Additional Electives

Students must take two additional electives from any group: Group A: History, Group B: Specialization in a Medium, and Group C: Theory and Application. See lists above.