Fall 2023 — Pre-Approved Extra-Departmental Undergraduate Film & Media Electives
Apr 13, 2023
ART 171: Video Projects
Meets Arts & Literature breadth
ASAMST 138: Topics in Asian Popular Culture: “Examining the ‘Korean Wave’, Korean Pop Culture and its’ Global Reception”
Meets Arts & Literature breadth
CHICANO 135B: Latino Narrative Film Since 1990
Meets Arts & Literature breadth, Historical Studies breadth, Social & Behavioral Sciences breadth
COMLIT 171 001 – LEC 001 Topics in Modern Greek Literature Violence and Resistance: Greek Cinema
Meets Arts & Literature breadth, Historical Studies breadth
EALANG 181: East Asian Film: Special Topics in Genre
Meets Arts & Literature breadth
FRENCH 170: French Films
Meets Arts & Literature breadth, International Studies breadth
GERMAN 184: Documentary Cinemas
Cross-listed with Film 125, fulfills Film & Media Documentary Forms requirement; Meets Arts & Literature breadth, Social & Behavioral Sciences breadth
ITALIAN 170: The Italian Cinema: History, Genres, Authors / Global Neorealism
Cross-listed with Film 145, fulfills Film & Media Global Media requirement; Meets Arts & Literature breadth
KOREAN 188: Cold War Culture in Korea: Literature and Film
Meets Arts & Literature breadth
MEDIAST 180: Television Studies
Meets Social & Behavioral Sciences breadth
MEDIAST 190-002: Special Topics in Media Studies: Video Games and Playful Media
MELC 157: Reel Arabs: Film and Fiction in the Middle East
PORTUG 113: Brazilian Culture Through and Across the Arts and Media
RHETORIC 137: Rhetoric of the Image
Meets Arts & Literature breadth
SEASIAN 167: Contemporary Popular Cultures of the Philippines
THEATER 121: Performance and Culture: Screendance
Meets Arts & Literature breadth
THEATER 177: Sound Design for Performance
Please note: a maximum of two classes from the pre-approved elective list can be counted for Film & Media elective credit. Cross-listed classes DO NOT count towards this total.
Summer 2023 — Pre-Approved Extra-Departmental Undergraduate Film & Media Electives
Feb 25, 2023
AMERSTD 110: From Portraits to Snapshots: Memory, identity, and photography in American culture
ANTHRO 138A: History and Theory of Ethnographic Film
In-Person / Meets Social & Behavioral Sciences breadth
ANTHRO 138B: Field Production of Ethnographic Film
In-Person / Meets Social & Behavioral Sciences breadth
CHICANO 135C: Latino Documentary Film
In-Person / Meets Arts & Literature, L&S Breadth; Meets International Studies, L&S Breadth; Meets Social & Behavioral Sciences, L&S Breadth
ETHSTD 122AC: Ethnicity and Race in Contemporary American Films
In-Person / Meets Arts & Literature, L&S Breadth; Meets Social & Behavioral Sciences, L&S Breadth; American Cultures Requirement
NATAMST 158: Native Americans and the Cinema
In-Person / Meets Arts & Literature, L&S Breadth
THEATER 118AC: Performance, Television, and Social Media
Online Instruction / Meets Arts & Lit breadth; meets AC requirement
Spring 2023 — Pre-Approved Extra-Departmental Undergraduate Film & Media Electives
Oct 18, 2022
AMERSTD 101: Examining U.S. Cultures in Time: A History of the Present from 9/11/2001 to 1/6/2021
Meets Social & Behavioral Sciences L&S Breadth
AMERSTD 102: Examining U.S. Cultures in Place: Photos of America: Technology, Representation, and Landscape
Meets Social & Behavioral Sciences L&S Breadth
ART 171: Video Projects
Meets Arts & Literature L&S Breadth
ART 172: Advanced Digital Media: Computer Graphics Studio
Meets Arts & Literature L&S Breadth
ART 180: Advanced Digital Photography
Meets Arts & Literature L&S Breadth
Meets Visual Cultures Course Thread
ASAMST 171: Asian Americans in Film and Video
Meets Arts & Literature L&S Breadth
Meets Historical Studies L&S Breadth
Meets Social & Behavioral Sciences L&S Breadth
CHICANO 190: Advanced Seminar in Chicanx and Latinx Studies: “Latinx Pop!: Representing Gender & Sexuality in Latinx Pop Culture”
ETHSTD 122AC: Ethnicity and Race in Contemporary American Films
Meets Arts & Literature L&S Breadth
Meets Social & Behavioral Sciences L&S Breadth
American Cultures Requirement
FRENCH 140D: French Literature in English Translation: Introduction to the Films of the French New Wave
Meets Arts & Literature L&S Breadth
FRENCH 178A: Studies in French Film: Documentary Films in the French Language
Meets Arts & Literature L&S Breadth
GWS 126 001: Film, Feminism, and the Avant-Garde
Meets Arts & Literature L&S Breadth
HISTART 186A: Art in the Early 20th Century: The Shock of the Modern: European Art, 1900-1940
Meets Arts & Literature L&S Breadth
Meets Historical Studies L&S Breadth
KOREAN 109: Korean Language in Popular Media
Meets Arts & Literature L&S Breadth
Meets International Studies L&S Breadth
MEDIAST 111C: Audio-Visual Media History
MEDIAST 114: Media and Globalization
MEDIAST 168: Cybernetics and Cybercultures: The Psychosocial Impact of Digital Media
MEDIAST 190: Special Topics in Media Studies: Digital Storytelling: Crisis, Catastrophe and Speculative Futures
MELC 157: Reel Arabs: Film and Fiction in the Middle East
NATAMST 158: Native Americans and the Cinema
RHETOR 115: Technology and Culture: Thinking Machines in Modern Cinema
RHETOR 137: Rhetoric of the Image: Visual Witnessing
Meets Arts & Literature L&S Breadth
SCANDIN 115: Studies in Drama and Film: Danish Film & Television in a Global Context
Meets Arts & Literature L&S Breadth
NOW ACCEPTING APPLICANTS: Assistant Professor – Critical Race Theory and Media

Aug 18, 2022
The Department of Film & Media is now accepting applications for the position of Assistant Professor – Critical Race Theory and Media.
If you’re interested in applying, follow this link: https://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF03502
Fall 2022 — Pre-Approved Extra-Departmental Undergraduate Film & Media Electives
Aug 3, 2022
ART 171: Video Projects
Meets Arts & Literature breadth
ASAMST 138: Topics in Asian Popular Culture
Meets Arts & Literature breadth
CHICANO 135B: Latino Narrative Film Since 1990
Meets Arts & Literature breadth, Historical Studies breadth, Social & Behavioral Sciences breadth
EALANG 181: East Asian Film: Special Topics in Genre
Meets Arts & Literature breadth
FRENCH 170: French Films
Meets Arts & Literature breadth, International Studies breadth
GERMAN 184: Documentary Cinemas
Cross-listed with Film 125, fulfills Film & Media Documentary Forms requirement; Meets Arts & Literature breadth, Social & Behavioral Sciences breadth
ITALIAN 170: The Italian Cinema: History, Genres, Authors / Global Neorealism
Cross-listed with Film 145, fulfills Film & Media Global Media requirement; Meets Arts & Literature breadth
KOREAN 188: Cold War Culture in Korea: Literature and Film
Meets Arts & Literature breadth
MEDIAST 180: Television Studies
Meets Social & Behavioral Sciences breadth
MEDIAST 190: Special Topics in Media Studies: Video Games and Playful Media
MELC 157: Reel Arabs: Film and Fiction in the Middle East
RHETORIC 137: Rhetoric of the Image
Meets Arts & Literature breadth
THEATER 121: Performance and Culture: Screendance
Meets Arts & Literature breadth
Please note: a maximum of two classes from the pre-approved elective list can be counted for Film & Media elective credit. Cross-listed classes DO NOT count towards this total.
Film & Media Professor Mark Sandberg Receives 2022 Graduate Assembly Faculty Mentor Award

Apr 20, 2022
Congratulations to Professor Mark Sandberg on being recognized as one of the 2022 Graduate Assembly Faculty Mentor Awardees for his excellent mentorship of graduate students. Professor Sandberg continues to demonstrate an outstanding commitment to helping UC Berkeley graduate students to succeed academically, professionally, and personally.
An award ceremony will be held Wednesday, April 20 from 4:00 – 6:00 p.m. at Anna Head Alumnae Hall. Please join us to celebrate Professor Sandberg and his extraordinary commitment to our graduate students.
Summer 2022 — Pre-Approved Extra-Departmental Undergraduate Film & Media Electives
Mar 23, 2022
ANTHRO 138A: History and Theory of Ethnographic Film
In-Person / Meets Social & Behavioral Sciences breadth
ANTHRO 138B: Field Production of Ethnographic Film
In-Person / Meets Social & Behavioral Sciences breadth
CHICANO 135C: Latino Documentary Film
In-Person / Meets Arts & Lit, International Studies and Social & Behavioral Science breadths
ETHSTD 122AC: Ethnicity and Race in Contemporary American Films
In-Person / Meets Arts & Lit and Social & Behavioral Science breadths; meets AC requirement
NATAMST 158: Native Americans and the Cinema
In-Person / Meets Arts & Lit breadth
THEATER 118AC: Performance, Television, and Social Media
Online Instruction / Meets Arts & Lit breadth; meets AC requirement
THEATER 166: Film Production for Dance and Movement
In-Person
Spring 2022 — Pre-Approved Extra-Departmental Undergraduate Film & Media Electives
Oct 25, 2021
HISTART 108: Cities and the Arts: Projecting Ancient Rome
ETHSTD 190: Advanced Seminar in Comparative Ethnic Studies: “Displaying Race, Displaying Culture: Exhibitions, Film, Photography”
EALANG 181: Special Topics in Genre: East Asian Horror Cinema
FRENCH 178B: Studies in French Film: French Language Cinema and the Collective
*This class is open to both French and Film majors, though a knowledge of French is required.
ETHSTD 122AC: Ethnicity and Race in Contemporary American Films
*AC Requirement
SLAVIC 138: Topics in Russian and Soviet Film
ASAMST 171: Asian Americans in Film and Video
NATAMST 158: Native Americans and the Cinema
GERMAN 186: Transnational Cinemas: “Documentary Cinema”
MEDIAST 101: Visual Culture
ART 171: Video Projects
GWS 125: Women and Film
Fall 2021 — Pre-Approved Extra-Departmental Undergraduate Film & Media Electives
May 27, 2021
KOREAN 186: Introduction to Korean Cinema
*This course fulfills Global Media requirement.
KOREAN 187: History and Memory in Korean Cinema
FRENCH 170: Introduction to French Cinema
*This class is open to both French and Film majors, though lectures are taught in French. Film & Media students will not be assessed on their competency in French.
ASAMST 138: Topics in Asian Popular Culture
ART 171: Video Projects
CHICANO 135B: Latino Narrative Film Since 1990
ITALIAN 170: The Italian Cinema: History, Genres, Authors: Italian Cinema and the Ecological Imagination
*Cross-listed with FILM 145. Fulfills Global Media requirement.
MELC 157: Reel Arabs: Film and Fiction in the Middle East
ENGLISH 190: Research Seminar: Utopian and Dystopian Books and Movies
ART 173: Electro-Crafting
SASIAN 130: Film, Visual Media and Spectatorship Practices in Modern South Asia
Save the Date – 2021 Commencement Ceremony

Dec 22, 2020
Save the Date!
The Film & Media Department Commencement Ceremony will take place on Monday, May 17, 2021 at 2PM.
This will be a virtual ceremony.
More info to follow.