Media Studies Courses

Core Course

Media Studies 104 D Privacy in the Digital Age

  • 3 Units
  • Class # 22844

Core Course for students who declared the Media Studies major in spring 2018 or earlier.
Group C: Theory and Application elective for students who declared the Media Studies major in fall 2018 or later

Media Studies 104 E History and Development of Online News

  • 4 Units
  • Class # 25800

Core Course for majors who declared spring 2018 or earlier
Group A: History elective for majors who declared fall 2018 or later

Media Studies 111 Media History

  • 4 Units
  • Class # 25430

 

Media Studies 112 Media Theories and Processes

  • 4 Units
  • Class # 25431

Core course for students who declared the Media Studies major fall 2018 or later.
Core course for students who declared the Media Studies major spring 2018 or earlier if they have not taken Media Studies 102.

Prerequisite Course

Anthropology 3 AC Introduction to Social/Cultural Anthropology (American Cultures)

  • 4 Units
  • Class # 21011

 

Economics 1 Intro to Economics

  • 4 Units
  • Class # 21581

 

Economics 2 Introduction to Economics

  • 4 Units
  • Class # 31788

 

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

  • 4 Units
  • Class # 34036

 

Media Studies W 10 Introduction to Media Studies

  • 4 Units
  • Class # 34191

 

Political Science 1 Intro to American Politics

  • 4 Units
  • Class # 22910

 

Psychology 1 General Psychology

  • 3 Units
  • Class # 23372

 

Psychology 2 Principles of Psychology

  • 3 Units
  • Class # 26292

 

Sociology 1 Introduction to Sociology

  • 4 Units
  • Class # 23576

Sociology 3 AC Principles of Sociology: American Cultures

  • 4 Units
  • Class # 23522

Research Methods Course

Media Studies 130 Research Methods in Media Studies

  • 4 Units
  • Class # 22839

 

Political Science 3 Introduction to Empirical Analysis and Quantitative Methods

  • 4 Units
  • Class # 22876

 

Psychology 101 Research & Data Analysis

  • 4 Units
  • Class # 23397

 

Sociology 105 Research Design and Sociological Methods

  • 5 Units
  • Class # 25641

This upper-division research methods course may be best for students who are planning to double major (Media Studies and Sociology) or have a strong background in Sociology. Consult with the Department of Sociology staff or instructor if you are uncertain whether this course would be appropriate for you.

Sociology 5 Evaluation of Evidence

  • 4 Units
  • Class # 23549

 

Sociology 7 The Power of Numbers: Quantitative Data in Social Sciences

  • 4 Units
  • Class # 23541

 

Elective Courses: Alpha Order

African American Studies 134 Information Technology and Society

  • 4 Units
  • Class # 25401

Elective Group C: Theory & Application

American Studies 101 AC Examining U.S. Cultures in Time: Americans and their Stuff: Object Lessons from the Civil War Era

  • 4 Units
  • Class # 24933

Elective Group A: History

American Studies 102 California Food Places

  • 4 Units
  • Class # 24764

Group C: Theory & Application

Anthropology 150 Utopia: Art and Power in Modern Times

  • 4 Units
  • Class # 31300

Elective Group C: Theory and Application

Asian American Studies 138 Topics in Asian Popular Culture

  • 4 Units
  • Class # 31896

Group C: Theory & Application

Chicano Studies 135 B Latino Narrative Film Since 1990

  • 4 Units
  • Class # 24544

Elective Group B: Specialization in a Medium

Demography 180 Social Networks

  • 4 Units
  • Class # 31024

Elective Group C: Theory & Application

East Asian Languages and Cultures 105 Dynamics of Romantic Core Values in East Asian Premodern Literature and Contemporary Film

  • 4 Units
  • Class # 25940

Elective Group A: History

Education 183 High School, The Movie

  • 3 Units
  • Class # 32928

Elective Group B: Specialization in a Medium

Film 135 Experimental & Alternative Media Art: History of Avant Garde FIlm

  • 4 Units
  • Class # 32167

Group A: History

Film 170 Documentary FIlm Now! Explorations in Non-Fiction Film & Media

  • 4 Units

Group B: Specialization in a Medium, or,

Group C: Theory & Application

Film 171 Special Topics in Film: Romantic Comedy & the Construction of Modern Romance

Group C: Theory & Application

French 140 D French Literature in English Translation: Films of the French New Wave

  • 4 Units
  • Class # 33714

Group A: History, or, Group B: Specialization in a Medium

German 160 C Politics & Culture in 20th Century Germany: A Divided Nation

  • 4 Units
  • Class # 30949

Group A: History

History 122 AC Antebellum America: The Advent of Mass Society

  • 4 Units
  • Class # 32006

Elective Group A: History

Interdisciplinary Studies Field (ISF) 100 I Consumer Society and Culture

  • 4 Units
  • Class # 25726

Elective Group C: Theory & Application

Italian 170 Italian Cinema

  • 4 Units
  • Class # 31034

Group B: Specialization in a Medium

Korean 186 Introduction to Korean Cinema

  • 4 Units
  • Class # 33384

Elective Group B: Specialization in a Medium

Legal Studies 190 Information, Media and the Public Discourse in Politicized Societies: Israel and the U.S.

  • 4 Units
  • Class # 16709

Group C elective

Linguistics 150 Sociolinguistics

  • 4 Units
  • Class # 25582

Elective Group C: Theory & Application

Media Studies 104 D Privacy in the Digital Age

  • 3 Units
  • Class # 22844

Core Course for students who declared the Media Studies major in spring 2018 or earlier.
Group C: Theory and Application elective for students who declared the Media Studies major in fall 2018 or later

Media Studies 104 E History and Development of Online News

  • 4 Units
  • Class # 25800

Core Course for majors who declared spring 2018 or earlier
Group A: History elective for majors who declared fall 2018 or later

Media Studies 170 Cultural History of Advertising

  • 4 Units
  • Class # 25828

Elective Group A: History elective.

Media Studies 180 Television Studies

  • 4 Units
  • Class # 25138

Group B: Specialization in a Medium

Media Studies 190 Special Topics: Gender, Racial Difference and Globalization

  • 4 Units
  • Class # 19596

Elective Group C: Theory and Application

Music 139 Topics in Musics of the World: Music of Israel

  • 4 Units
  • Class # 24726

Group B: Specialization in a Medium

Music 139 Topics in Musics of the World: Music of India

  • 4 Units
  • Class # 33676

Group B: Specialization in a Medium

Native American Studies 120 AC Photography and the American Indian: Manifest Destiny, American Frontier, and Images of the American Indian

  • 4 Units
  • Class # 24543

Elective Group A: History

New Media 151 AC Transforming Tech: Issues and Interventions in STEM and Silicon Valley

  • 4 Units
  • Class # 33140

Group B Elective

Political Science 106 A American Politics: Campaign Strategy - Media

  • 4 Units
  • Class # 22924

Elective Group C: Theory & Application

Political Science 164 A Political Psychology and Involvement

  • 4 Units
  • Class # 32847

Elective Group C: Theory and Application

Rhetoric 137 Rhetoric of the Image

  • 4 Units
  • Class # 32059

Group C: Theory & Application

Sociology 110 Organizations and Social Institutions

  • 4 Units
  • Class # 23548

Elective Group C: Theory & Application

Sociology 111 AC Sociology of Family

  • 4 Units
  • Class # 23544

Elective Group C: Theory and Application

Sociology 133 Sociology of Gender

  • 4 Units
  • Class # 31248

Elective Group C: Theory and Application

Sociology 140 Politics and Social Change

  • 4 Units
  • Class # 23643

Elective Group C: Theory & Application

Sociology 141 Social Movements and Political Action

  • 4 Units
  • Class # 31378

Elective Group C: Theory & Application

Sociology 150 Social Psychology

  • 4 Units
  • Class # 23562

Elective Group C: Theory & Application

Sociology 160 Sociology of Culture

  • 4 Units
  • Class # 23637

Elective Group C: Theory & Application

Sociology 167 Virtual Communities/Social Media

  • 4 Units
  • Class # 30316

Group B: Specialization in a Medium

UGBA 106 Marketing

  • 3 Units

Group C: Theory & Application

There are 4 Lecture Sections: Class #20010; 20195; 20196; 20197

UGBA 160 Consumer Behavior

  • 3 Units
  • Class # 20218

Group C: Theory & Application

Elective Group A: History

American Studies 101 AC Examining U.S. Cultures in Time: Americans and their Stuff: Object Lessons from the Civil War Era

  • 4 Units
  • Class # 24933

Elective Group A: History

East Asian Languages and Cultures 105 Dynamics of Romantic Core Values in East Asian Premodern Literature and Contemporary Film

  • 4 Units
  • Class # 25940

Elective Group A: History

Film 135 Experimental & Alternative Media Art: History of Avant Garde FIlm

  • 4 Units
  • Class # 32167

Group A: History

French 140 D French Literature in English Translation: Films of the French New Wave

  • 4 Units
  • Class # 33714

Group A: History, or, Group B: Specialization in a Medium

German 160 C Politics & Culture in 20th Century Germany: A Divided Nation

  • 4 Units
  • Class # 30949

Group A: History

History 122 AC Antebellum America: The Advent of Mass Society

  • 4 Units
  • Class # 32006

Elective Group A: History

Media Studies 104 E History and Development of Online News

  • 4 Units
  • Class # 25800

Core Course for majors who declared spring 2018 or earlier
Group A: History elective for majors who declared fall 2018 or later

Media Studies 170 Cultural History of Advertising

  • 4 Units
  • Class # 25828

Elective Group A: History elective.

Native American Studies 120 AC Photography and the American Indian: Manifest Destiny, American Frontier, and Images of the American Indian

  • 4 Units
  • Class # 24543

Elective Group A: History

Elective Group B: Specialization in a Medium

Chicano Studies 135 B Latino Narrative Film Since 1990

  • 4 Units
  • Class # 24544

Elective Group B: Specialization in a Medium

Education 183 High School, The Movie

  • 3 Units
  • Class # 32928

Elective Group B: Specialization in a Medium

Film 170 Documentary FIlm Now! Explorations in Non-Fiction Film & Media

  • 4 Units

Group B: Specialization in a Medium, or,

Group C: Theory & Application

French 140 D French Literature in English Translation: Films of the French New Wave

  • 4 Units
  • Class # 33714

Group A: History, or, Group B: Specialization in a Medium

Italian 170 Italian Cinema

  • 4 Units
  • Class # 31034

Group B: Specialization in a Medium

Korean 186 Introduction to Korean Cinema

  • 4 Units
  • Class # 33384

Elective Group B: Specialization in a Medium

Media Studies 180 Television Studies

  • 4 Units
  • Class # 25138

Group B: Specialization in a Medium

Music 139 Topics in Musics of the World: Music of Israel

  • 4 Units
  • Class # 24726

Group B: Specialization in a Medium

Music 139 Topics in Musics of the World: Music of India

  • 4 Units
  • Class # 33676

Group B: Specialization in a Medium

New Media 151 AC Transforming Tech: Issues and Interventions in STEM and Silicon Valley

  • 4 Units
  • Class # 33140

Group B Elective

Sociology 167 Virtual Communities/Social Media

  • 4 Units
  • Class # 30316

Group B: Specialization in a Medium

Elective Group C: Theory & Application

African American Studies 134 Information Technology and Society

  • 4 Units
  • Class # 25401

Elective Group C: Theory & Application

American Studies 102 California Food Places

  • 4 Units
  • Class # 24764

Group C: Theory & Application

Anthropology 150 Utopia: Art and Power in Modern Times

  • 4 Units
  • Class # 31300

Elective Group C: Theory and Application

Asian American Studies 138 Topics in Asian Popular Culture

  • 4 Units
  • Class # 31896

Group C: Theory & Application

Demography 180 Social Networks

  • 4 Units
  • Class # 31024

Elective Group C: Theory & Application

Film 170 Documentary FIlm Now! Explorations in Non-Fiction Film & Media

  • 4 Units

Group B: Specialization in a Medium, or,

Group C: Theory & Application

Film 171 Special Topics in Film: Romantic Comedy & the Construction of Modern Romance

Group C: Theory & Application

Interdisciplinary Studies Field (ISF) 100 I Consumer Society and Culture

  • 4 Units
  • Class # 25726

Elective Group C: Theory & Application

Legal Studies 190 Information, Media and the Public Discourse in Politicized Societies: Israel and the U.S.

  • 4 Units
  • Class # 16709

Group C elective

Linguistics 150 Sociolinguistics

  • 4 Units
  • Class # 25582

Elective Group C: Theory & Application

Media Studies 104 D Privacy in the Digital Age

  • 3 Units
  • Class # 22844

Core Course for students who declared the Media Studies major in spring 2018 or earlier.
Group C: Theory and Application elective for students who declared the Media Studies major in fall 2018 or later

Media Studies 190 Special Topics: Gender, Racial Difference and Globalization

  • 4 Units
  • Class # 19596

Elective Group C: Theory and Application

Political Science 106 A American Politics: Campaign Strategy - Media

  • 4 Units
  • Class # 22924

Elective Group C: Theory & Application

Political Science 164 A Political Psychology and Involvement

  • 4 Units
  • Class # 32847

Elective Group C: Theory and Application

Rhetoric 137 Rhetoric of the Image

  • 4 Units
  • Class # 32059

Group C: Theory & Application

Sociology 110 Organizations and Social Institutions

  • 4 Units
  • Class # 23548

Elective Group C: Theory & Application

Sociology 111 AC Sociology of Family

  • 4 Units
  • Class # 23544

Elective Group C: Theory and Application

Sociology 133 Sociology of Gender

  • 4 Units
  • Class # 31248

Elective Group C: Theory and Application

Sociology 140 Politics and Social Change

  • 4 Units
  • Class # 23643

Elective Group C: Theory & Application

Sociology 141 Social Movements and Political Action

  • 4 Units
  • Class # 31378

Elective Group C: Theory & Application

Sociology 150 Social Psychology

  • 4 Units
  • Class # 23562

Elective Group C: Theory & Application

Sociology 160 Sociology of Culture

  • 4 Units
  • Class # 23637

Elective Group C: Theory & Application

UGBA 106 Marketing

  • 3 Units

Group C: Theory & Application

There are 4 Lecture Sections: Class #20010; 20195; 20196; 20197

UGBA 160 Consumer Behavior

  • 3 Units
  • Class # 20218

Group C: Theory & Application

Elective Course

Rhetoric 137 Rhetoric of the Image

  • 4 Units
  • Class # 32059

Group C: Theory & Application