Media Studies

Courses

Media Studies Courses by Term

In each term and curricula section, you will find the courses that satisfy major course requirements, including prerequisites. These lists are created after the Schedule of Classes has been published for the term and before students start enrolling. Keep in mind that the Schedule of Classes is subject to change. If you notice anything that needs to be removed or added to these lists, please let us know by sending an email to mediastudies_advising@berkeley.edu.

Visit the following pages on the Media Studies website when planning your future courses:

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

Check out the archive of previous courses.