Students who wish to declare will be majoring in
Cinema and Digital Media from now on. See
complete details about the major here, including the major
checklist PDF, which lists all courses in
the major. Cinema and Digital Media courses are
currently designated with the letters CTS. Also please see
TCS and
FMS courses for additional
course descriptions.
Lecture—3 hour(s); Discussion—1 hour(s). Introduction to key
computational ideas necessary to understand and produce digital
media. Fundamentals of programming and analysis of how media are
represented and transmitted in digital form. Aimed primarily at
non-computer science students. Two units of credit for students
that have taken ECS 010, ECS 030, ECS 032A, ECS 036A, or ENG 006.
(Same course as ECS 012.) GE credit: AH, QL, SE, VL. Effective:
2021 Spring Quarter.
Lecture—3 hour(s); Discussion—1 hour(s); Film Viewing—2 hour(s);
Extensive Writing. History of Media to 1945, with particular
focus on mechanically reproduced mass media technologies
including the printing press, the newspaper, photography, cinema,
radio and early computing technology. Analysis of inter-related
cultural and political topics. (Same course as STS
040A.) GE
credit: AH, OL, SS, VL, WE. Effective:
2014 Fall Quarter.
Variable—3-15 hour(s). Prerequisite(s): Consent of
Instructor. Directed group study in cinema and digital
media. For students with upper division standing. May be taught
abroad. May be repeated for credit when topic
differs. (P/NP grading only.) Effective: 2018 Fall
Quarter.
Lecture—3 hour(s); Discussion—1 hour(s); Film Viewing—2 hour(s);
Extensive Writing. Prerequisite(s): CTS
040A. History of media from 1945 to present, with particular
focus on the development of the computer, digital network and
Internet technologies in the context of other media
infrastructures like radio, television and satellite networks.
Analysis of inter-related cultural/political topics. (Same
course as STS 040B.) GE
credit: AH, OL, SS, VL, WE. Effective:
2015 Winter Quarter.
Variable—3-15 hour(s). Prerequisite(s): Consent of
Instructor. Directed group study in cinema and digital
media. For students with upper division standing. May be taught
abroad. May be repeated for credit when topic
differs. (P/NP grading only.) Effective: 2018 Fall
Quarter.
Lecture—3 hour(s); Laboratory—3
hour(s). Prerequisite(s): CDM 100; Consent of
Instructor. Continuation of CDM 100 with further exploration
of digital cinema creation. Additional topics include new modes
of distribution, streaming, installation and exhibition. GE
credit: AH, VL. Effective: 2018 Summer Session 1.
Lecture—2 hour(s); Discussion—1 hour(s); Film Viewing—3
hour(s). Prerequisite(s): CDM 001
recommended. Examines cinema from 1945 through the present,
with focus on neo-realist, new wave and third-world movements.
Examines social critique in cinema from studio system to New
Wave, Cine Novo, postcolonial cinema and contemporary independent
cinema. GE
credit: AH, OL, VL, WC, WE. Effective:
2021 Winter Quarter.
Lecture—2 hour(s); Discussion—1 hour(s); Film Viewing—3
hour(s). Prerequisite(s): CDM 001
recommended. Examination of the cultural context of the
emergence of cinema. Discussion of cinema as a product of the age
of industrialization and conquest, as well as an element of urban
culture, and mass transportation. Not open for credit to
students who have taken CTS 041A. GE
credit: AH, OL, VL, WC, WE. Effective:
2018 Summer Session 1.
Lecture/Discussion—3 hour(s); Laboratory—3
hour(s). Prerequisite(s): CDM 072 or CDM 172 or CTS
172; or Consent of Instructor. Fundamental theories and
practices of analog game design. Pen & paper, dice & cards,
checkers & chess to riddles & stories, track & field, and other
forms of play. Prototype, playtest, and presentation of original
analog games. GE credit: AH, VL. Effective:
2021 Spring Quarter.
Lecture/Discussion—3 hour(s); Laboratory—3 hour(s). New
feature and documentary production for radio and other
audiophonic media, including audio streaming websites and
installation. Emphasis on new and experimental approaches to
audio production for broadcast on community radio and in
international arts programming. Effective: 2012 Fall
Quarter.
Lecture/Discussion—3 hour(s); Laboratory—3
hour(s). Prerequisite(s): CDM 072 or CDM 172 or CTS
172; or Consent of Instructor. Recommended: CDM 173, CDM 175 or
CDM 177. Special topics in digital game development for
upper division students. May be repeated up to
3 time(s) when instructor or topic differs. GE
credit: AH, SE, VL. Effective: 2021 Spring
Quarter.
Lecture/Discussion—3 hour(s); Laboratory—3
hour(s). Prerequisite(s): CDM 072 or CDM 172 or CTS
172; or Consent of Instructor. Recommended: CDM 173, CDM 175 or
CDM 177. Special topics in analog game design for upper
division students. May be repeated up to
3 time(s) when topic or instructor differs. GE
credit: AH, VL. Effective: 2021 Spring Quarter.
Lecture/Discussion—3 hour(s); Film Viewing—3
hour(s). Prerequisite(s): FMS 001; or Consent of
Instructor. Survey of the conceptual frameworks used to
study film (including semiotics, psychoanalysis, spectatorship,
auteur, genre and narrative theories). Historical survey of major
film theorists. GE
credit: AH, OL, VL, WC, WE. Effective:
2012 Fall Quarter.
Lecture/Discussion—3 hour(s); Laboratory—3
hour(s). Prerequisite(s): CDM 072 or CDM 172 or CTS
172; or Consent of Instructor. Recommended: CDM 173, CDM 175 or
CDM 177. Special topics in digital game development for
upper division students. May be repeated up to
3 time(s) when instructor or topic differs. GE
credit: AH, SE, VL. Effective: 2021 Spring
Quarter.
Lecture—2 hour(s); Discussion—1 hour(s); Film Viewing—3
hour(s). Prerequisite(s): CDM 001
recommended. Examination of the cultural context of the
emergence of cinema. Discussion of cinema as a product of the age
of industrialization and conquest, as well as an element of urban
culture, and mass transportation. Not open for credit to
students who have taken CTS 041A. GE
credit: AH, OL, VL, WC, WE. Effective:
2018 Summer Session 1.
Lecture/Discussion—3 hour(s); Film Viewing—3
hour(s). Prerequisite(s): CDM 001; or Consent of
Instructor.
Study of one or more of the film genres (such as musicals, film
noir, screwball comedy, or westerns), including genre theory and
the relationship of the genre(s) to culture, history, and film
industry practices.
How do film festivals function in the global film industry?
How have they been impacted by the pandemic?
Lecture—3 hour(s); Term Paper. Evolution of media
technologies and practices beginning in the 19th century as they
relate to contemporary digital arts practices. Special focus on
the reconstruction of the social and artistic possibilities of
lost and obsolete media technologies. Not open for credit to
students who have taken TCS 005. GE
credit: AH, SE, VL, WE. Effective: 2019
Summer Session 1.
Lecture—2 hour(s); Discussion—1 hour(s); Film Viewing—3
hour(s). Analysis of film form and narrative, including
cinematography, editing, and sound. Issues in film studies
including authorship, stardom, race, gender, class, and cultural
identity. Introduction to selected cinematic movements and
national film traditions. GE
credit: AH, VL, WC, WE. Effective: 2021
Winter Quarter.
Lecture—3 hour(s); Discussion—1 hour(s). Contemporary
developments in the fine and performing arts, media arts, digital
arts, and literature as they relate to technological and
scientific practices. Not open for credit to students who
have taken TCS 001. GE
credit: AH, VL, WE. Effective: 2019 Winter
Quarter.
Lecture/discussion—3 hours; laboratory—3 hours; fieldwork—6
hours. Prerequisite: Cinema & Technocultural Studies 20 or
equivalent; one course in Women and Gender Studies, or consent of
instructor. Media production as a mode of cultural criticism,
furthering feminist and social justice goals. Fundamentals of
camera, editing and distribution via a social engagement model.
Study and hands-on response to key historic and contemporary
feminist and social justice media discourses. Offered in
alternate years. GE credit: ArtHum, SocSci, Div|AH, SS, ACGH, DD,
VL.—W. (W.) Wyman (new course—eff.
Cinema and Digital Media Major course offerings for the
2023-2024
academic year. To see course descriptions, use the menu at left
to view them on our site, or use our link to the general
catalog, at right.
Use the Registrar’s Course Search Tool to see times, dates, and
locations for each course and to plan your schedule.
