Before you plan your upcoming fall semester, review the Declared Fall 2021 or Later Requirements page and run your Academic Progress Report in CalCentral to track your progress in UC, UC Berkeley, L&S College, and major requirements. See additional enrollment tips at the end of the course list.
Fall 2021
Fall 2021 Course List – Declared Fall 2021 of Later
Prerequisite – American History (Post-Civil War period)
History 124B-001: The Recent United States: The United States from World War II
- 4 units, # 32435
Prerequisite – U.S. Government and Politics
Political Science 1-001: Introduction to American Politics
- 4 units, # 22612
Prerequisite – Introductory Social Sciences and Humanities
Anthropology 3AC-001: Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology
-
4 units, # 20898
Comparative Literature 20C-001: Episodes in Literary Cultures: Literature and History: How to Lead a Good Life: Ancient and Modern Answers
- 4 units, # 30052
Economics 1-002: Introduction to Economics
-
4 units, # 32092
Economics 1-001: Introduction to Economics–Lecture Format
- 4 units, # 21422
Psychology 1-001: General Psychology
- 3 units, # 23034
Psychology W1-001: General Psychology
- 3 units, # 23019
Psychology 2-001: Principles of Psychology
- 3 units, # 25141
Rhetoric 20-001: Rhetorical Interpretation
- 4 units, # 24871
Sociology 1-001: Introduction to Sociology
- 4 units, # 23223
Sociology 3AC-001: Principles of Sociology
- 4 units, # 23199
Theater 26-001: Introduction to Performance Studies
- 4 units, #23395
Prerequisite – Introductory Media Studies
Media Studies W10-001: Introduction to Media Studies
- (4 units, #32236)
Core Courses
Media Studies 111B-001: Text and Data Media History
- 4 units, # 30537
Media Studies 112: Media Theories and Processes
- 4 units, # 24674
Digital Studies Concentration Courses
Digital Studies: DS.1 Research Methodologies
Computer Science C8-001: Foundations of Data Science – Internet/Online
- 4 units, # 26222
- Cross-list DATA C8-001, INFO C8-001 and STAT C8-001
Computer Science C8-002: Foundations of Data Science
- 4 units, # 32433
- Cross-list DATA C8-002, INFO C8-002 and STAT C8-002
Data Science C8-001: Foundations of Data Science – Internet/Online
- 4 units, # 26225
- Cross-list COMPSCI C8-001, INFO C8-001 and STAT C8-001
Data Science C8-002: Foundations of Data Science
- 4 units, # 32326
- Cross-list COMPSCI C8-002, INFO C8-002 and STAT C8-002
Demography 180-001: Social Networks
- 4 units, # 25425
Information C8-001: Foundations of Data Science– Internet/Online
- 4 units, # 29347
- Cross-list COMPSCI C8-001, DATA C8-001 and STAT C8-001
Information C8-002: Foundations of Data Science
- 4 units, # 32431
- Cross-list COMPSCI C8-002, DATA C8-002 and STAT C8-002
Scandinavian 127: Social Network Analysis and the Icelandic Family Saga
- 4 units, # 32533
Statistics C8-001: Foundations of Data Science – Internet/Online
- 4 units, # 26228
- Cross-list COMPSCI C8-001, DATA C8-001 and INFO C8-001
Statistics C8-002: Foundations of Data Science
- 4 units, # 32437
- Cross-list COMPSCI C8-002, DATA C8-002 and INFO C8-002
Statistics 20-001: Introduction to Probability and Statistics – Internet/Online
- 4 units, 23295
Statistics 20-002: Introduction to Probability and Statistics
- 4 units, 23356
Digital Studies: DS.2 Virtual Communities and Social Media
African American Studies 134-001: Information, Technology, and Society
- 4 units, #24653
Media Studies 104E-001: History and Development of Online News
- 4 units, # 32480
Media Studies 190-001: Special Topics in Media Studies: A Guide to Your Self: Media, Personality, and Identity as History and Theory
- 4 units, # 30533
Sociology 167-001: Virtual Communities/Social Media
- 4 units, # 25163
Digital Studies: DS.3 Digital Projects and Digital Storytelling
Media Studies 190-003: Special Topics in Media Studies: Video Games and Playful Media
- 4 units, # 30536
New Media 200-001: History and Theory of New Media
- 4 units, # 31303
New Media C262-001: Theory and Practice of Tangible User Interfaces
- 4 units, # 31294
Global Cultural Studies Concentration Courses
Global Cultural Studies: GCS.1 Research Methodologies
Global Studies 102-01: Critical Thinking In Global Studies
- 4 units, # 24179
Media Studies 131-001: Cultural Studies Research Methodology
- 4 units, # 31982
Global Cultural Studies: GCS.2 Visual Culture
Chicano Studies 135B-001: Latino Narrative Film Since 1990
- 4 units, # 24031
Film and Media 125-001: Documentary Forms: Documentary Forms & Explorations
- 4 units, # 31997
Film and Media 135-001: Experimental and Alternative Media Art
- 4 units, # 25963
Film and Media 145-001: Global Media
- 4 units, # 31133
Film and Media 170-001: Special Topics in Film: Black Media and Poetics
- 4 units, # 25967
Film and Media 171-001: Special Topics in Film Genre: Semester-specific topic TBA
- 4 units, # 26218
Italian Studies 170-001: The Italian Cinema: History, Genres, Authors: Italian Cinema and the Ecological Imagination
- 4 units, # 25431
Korean 186-001: Introduction to Korean Cinema
- 4 units, # 26353
Korean 187-001: History and Memory in Korean Cinema
- 4 units, # 30332
Media Studies 190-004: Special Topics in Media Studies: Reading the Media: Hip hop, K-Pop, and Soap Operas
- 4 units, # 31047
- Changed 6/10/21 from GCS.3
Rhetoric 137-001: Rhetoric of Image
- 4 units, # 25922
Theater, Dance and Performance Studies 151A-001: Histories of Performance: Performance and Community
- 4 units, # 25423
Global Cultural Studies: GCS.3 Popular Culture
American Studies 101-001: Examining US Cultures in Time: Explosive Ideologies: American Culture in the Atomic Age
- 4 units, # 30783
American Studies 101-002: Examining US Cultures in Time: Classical Music and American Mass Culture Between the World Wars
- 4 units, # 30784
American Studies 102AC-001: Examining US Cultures in Place: Beaches in Mind: The Beach in American Culture
- 4 units, # 24562
American Studies 102-003: Examining US Cultures in Place: The American Southwest: The Construction and Mediation of Regional Identity
- 4 units, # 30788
American Studies 102-004: Examining US Cultures in Place: California Stories: Tourism, Labor, Theater in the Golden State
- 4 units, # 31221
- Combined with THEATER 126-002
Asian American Studies 138: Topics in Asian Popular Culture: Semester-specific Topic TBA
- 4 units, # 25869
Media Studies 170-001: Cultural History of Advertising
- 4 units, # 24868
Media Studies 190-002: Special Topics in Media Studies: Beauty and Fashion in the Popular Culture
- 4 units, # 30535
- Changed 6/10/21 from GCS.2
Sociology 160-001: Sociology of Culture
- 4 units, # 23281
Theater 126-002: Performance Literatures: California Stories: Tourism, Labor, Theater in the Golden State
- 4 units, # 30769
- Combined with AMERSTD 102-04
Media Law and Policy Concentration Courses
Media Law and Policy: MLP.1 Research Methodologies
Economics C3-001: Introduction to Environmental Economics and Policy
- 4 units, # 21388
- Cross-listed with ENVECON C1-001
Environmental Economics C1-001: Introduction to Environmental Economics and Policy
- 4 units, # 26879
- Cross-listed with ECON C3-001
Political Science 3-001: Introduction to Empirical Analysis & Quantitative Methods
- 4 units, # 22578
Public Policy 101-001: Introduction to Public Policy Analysis
- 4 units, # 29139
Sociology 5-001: Evaluation of Evidence
- 4 units, # 23196
Sociology 7-001: The Power of Numbers: Quantitative Data in Social Sciences
- 4 units, # 23188
Media Law and Policy: MLP.2 Institutions
Media Studies 104E-001: History and Development of Online News
- 4 units, # 32480
Media Studies 180-001: Television Studies
- 4 units, # 31046
Political Science 106A-001: American Politics: Campaign Strategy–Media
- 4 units, # 22626
Sociology 110-001: Organizations and Social Institutions
- 4 units, # 23195
Undergraduate Business Administration 106: Marketing
- 001, 3 units, # 20020
- 002, 3 units, # 20192
- 003, 3 units, # 20193
- 004, 3 units, # 20194
Undergraduate Business Administration 160-001: Consumer Insight
- 3 units, # 20210
Media Law and Policy: MLP.3 Citizenship
Information 188-001: Behind the Data: Humans and Values
- 3 units, # 29310
Interdisciplinary Studies Field Major (ISF) 100I-001: Consumer Society and Culture
- 4 units, # 24824
Letters and Science C138-001: Art and Activism
- 4 units, # 30167
- Cross-listed Music C138
Media Studies 104D-001: Privacy in the Digital Age
- 4 units, # 22553
Music C138-001: Art and Activism
- 4 units # 32383
- Cross-listed LS C138
Sociology 141-001: Social Movements and Political Action
- 4 units, # 25576
Below are a few enrollment tips:
* See Enrollment Tips – Continuing Students if you have been at Cal at least one semester.
* See Enrollment Tips – New Transfer Students if fall 2021 will be your first semester at Cal.
* See a course in the Schedule of Classes that you would like reviewed as a possible course substitute for a Media Studies requirement? Submit a request to have the course reviewed using a link below:
- Intended Majors Course Substitution Form (major not declared yet)
- Declared Majors Course Substitution Form – Last Name A-G
- Declared Majors Course Substitution Form – Last Name H-O
- Declared Majors Course Substitution Form – Last Name P-Z
List added 4/22/21 – Check back for updates. If you see errors, please let us know by emailing mediastudies_advising@berkeley.e
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