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Enroll Now for Summer Sessions

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Mar 13, 2024

Enrollment is now open for Summer Sessions. Film & Media courses are available during Session A (May 20 – June 28) and Session D (July 1-August 9).

Pre-approved extra-departmental Film & media electives are also available during Summer Sessions.

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Summer 2024 — Pre-Approved Extra-Departmental Undergraduate Film & Media Electives

Feb 1, 2024

ETHSTD 122AC – Ethnicity and Race in Contemporary American Films

CHICANO 135C – Latino Documentary Films

GLOBAL 143 – Contemporary South Korean and Japanese Society and Culture Through Films

MEDIAST 138 –Ethnographic Film and Documentary Form: History, Ethics and Aesthetics of Reality Based Media

THEATER 118C – Performance, Television, and Social Media

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Spring 2024 — Pre-Approved Extra-Departmental Undergraduate Film & Media Electives

Oct 3, 2023

ART 171 001 – STD 001 Video Projects (Priority enrollment for Art Practice majors and intended Art Practice majors)

ART 172 001 – STD 001 Advanced Digital Media: Computer Graphics Studio (Priority
enrollment for Art Practice majors and intended Art Practice majors)

ASAMST 171 001 – LEC 001 Asian Americans in Film and Video

COMLIT 171 001 – LEC 001 Topics in Modern Greek Literature: History and Trauma: Modern Greek Literature and Film After 1923

ETHSTD 122AC 001 – LEC 001 Ethnicity and Race in Contemporary American Films

FRENCH 140D 001 – LEC 001 History of French Cinema: Politics and Aesthetics

GWS 125 001 – LEC 001 Women and Film

GWS C146B 001 – LEC 001 Cultural Representations of Sexualities: Queer Visual Culture

JAPAN 159 001 LEC 001 Contemporary Japanese Literature

MELC 157 001 – LEC 001 Reel Arabs: Film and Fiction in the Middle East

NATAMST 158 001 LEC 001 Native Americans and the Cinema

 

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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.

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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

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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

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NOW ACCEPTING APPLICANTS: Assistant Professor – Critical Race Theory and Media

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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

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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.

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Film & Media Professor Mark Sandberg Receives 2022 Graduate Assembly Faculty Mentor Award

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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.

Photo: Brittany Hosea-Small
 

 

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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

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