Lower-Division Requirements (24–25 Units)
1. Choose Two (2) Lower Division Introductory Cinema/Media Courses for a Total of 8 Units
- CDM 001: Introduction to Film Studies (4)
- CDM 002: Introduction to Technocultural Studies (4)
- CDM 003: Media Archaeology (4)
2. Complete 8–9 Units of Lower Division Production Courses
- CDM 012: Introduction to Media Computation (4)
- CDM 020 or CDM 020V (Virtual): Filmmaking Foundations (5)
- CDM 072: Introduction to Games (4)
Two units of credit for students that have taken ECS 010, ECS 030, ECS 032A, ECS 032AV, ECS 036A or ENG 006.
3. Choose Two (2) Lower Division History Courses for a Total of 8 Units
- CDM 040A/CTS 040A: Media History I Gutenberg to Oppenheimer (4)
- CDM 040B/CTS 040B: Media History 2 1945–Present (4)
- CDM 041A: History of Cinema 1895–1945 (4)
- CDM 041B or CDM 41BV (Virtual): History of Cinema 1945–Present (4)
Upper-Division Requirements (37–38 Units)
All upper division CDM, CTS, FMS, & TCS courses count towards the CDM major.
1. Choose One (1) Upper Division Theory Course (5 Units)
- FMS 127 (now CDM 150): Film Theory (5)
- CDM 151: Media Theory (5)
2. Group A (Production) Courses — Choose 2 Courses for a Total of 8–9 Units
Cinema and Digital Media Courses
- CDM 100: Experimental Digital Cinema I (4)
- CDM 101: Experimental Digital Cinema II (4)
- CDM 103: Interactivity & Animation (4)
- CDM 104: Documentary Production (4)
- CDM 105: Feminist Media Production (6)
- CDM 107: Acting for Camera (4)
- TCS 175 (now CDM 188B): Small Scale Film Production (4)
- CDM 111: Community Media Production (4)
- TCS 112 (now CDM 112): New Radio Features & Documentary (4)
- CDM 113: Community Networks & Social Media (4)
- CTS 116 (now CDM 116): Design on Screen (4)
- CTS 124E (now CDM 117): Costume Design for Film (4)
- CDM 121 or 121V: Introduction to Sonic Arts (4)
- CDM 122 or 122V: Intermediate Sonic Arts (4)
- CDM 123: Sight and Soundtrack (4)
- CDM 125: Advanced Sound: Performance & Improv (4)
- CDM 130: Fundamentals of 3D Computer Graphics (4)
- CDM 131: Character Animation (4)
- CDM 135: Object-Oriented Programming for Artists (4)
- CDM 136: Electronics for Artists (4)
- CDM 138: Portfolio Preparation & Creative Career (4)
- CDM 140: Where Do Films Go: Film Distribution (4)
- CDM 170: Narrative Game Design (4)
- CDM 173: Introduction to Analog Game Design (4)
- CDM 174: Special Topics in Analog Game Design (4)
- CDM 175: Introduction to Digital Game Development (4)
- CDM 176: Special Topics in Analog Game Development (4)
- CDM 177: Introduction to Game Programming (4)
- CDM 178: Special Topics in Game Programming (4)
- CDM 189: Special Topics in Cinema & Digital Media (production-based topic)** (4)
Variable Unit — Topic Must Be Production-Based
- CDM 192: Internship (1–4)
- CDM 198: Directed Group Study (1–4)
- CDM 199: Special Study for Advanced Undergraduates (1–4)
- CDM 195HA: Honors Project (1–5)
- CDM 195HB: Honors Project (1–5)
Art Studio Courses
- ART 114A: Intermediate Video: Animation (4)
- ART 114B: Intermediate Video: Experimental Documentary (4)
- ART 114C: Intermediate Video: Performance Strategies (4)
- ART 117: Advanced Video and Electronic Arts (4)
3. Group B (Study/History/Theory) — Choose 2 Courses for a Total of 8 Units
Cinema and Digital Media Courses
- CDM 137: Topics in Virtuality (4)
- CDM 139: History of Animation (4)
- FMS 127 (now CDM 150): Film Theory* (5)
- CDM 151: Media Theory* (5)
- TCS 155 (now CDM 155): Introduction to Documentary Studies (4)
- CDM 156: Epic Television (4)
- CDM 158: Technology & the Modern American Body (4)
- CDM 159: Media Subcultures (4)
- TCS 160 (now CDM 160): Ghosts of the Machine (4)
- CTS 162 (now CDM 162): Surveillance Technologies and Social Media (4)
- CDM 163 or CDM 163V: Arts and Cinema: Between the Black Cube & White Box (4)
- FMS 165 (now CDM 165): Russian Film (4)
- FMS 121 (now CDM 165A): New Italian Cinema (4)
- FMS 120 (now CDM 165B): Italian American Cinema (4)
- FMS 176A (now CDM 165D): Classic Weimar Cinema (4)
- CDM 165E: Nazi and Fascist Cinema (4)
- CDM 165F: Postwar German Cinema (4)
- CDM 165G: New German Cinema (4)
- CDM 165H: Modern Iranian Cinema (4)
- CDM 165I: Modern South Asian Cinema (4)
- CDM 165J: Modern Turkish Cinema (4)
- CDM 165K: Modern Arab Cinema (4)
- CDM 165L: Human Rights in Film & Television (4)
- CDM 165O: Film Noir: Modernism and Murder (4)
- CDM 166: Topics in U.S. Film History (4)
- CDM 167: Topics in Film Genres (4)
- CDM 171: Game Studies Seminar (4)
- CDM 172: Video Games & Culture (4)
- CDM 189: Special Topics in Cinema & Digital Media (studies-based topic)** (4)
- CDM 190: Research Methods in Cinema & Digital Media (4)
- CDM 191: Writing Across Media (4)
Variable Unit — Topic Must Be Study, Theory, or History-Based
- CDM 195HA: Honors Project (1–5)
- CDM 195HB: Honors Project (1–5)
- CDM 198: Directed Group Study (1–5)
- CDM 199: Special Study for Advanced Undergraduates (1–5)
4. Upper Division Electives — Choose 4 Courses from Group A and/or Group B for a Total of 16 Units
- Elective 1: ______________________________________
- Elective 2: ______________________________________
- Elective 3: ______________________________________
- Elective 4: ______________________________________
Notes
- Refer to the FMS minor checklist for approved upper division electives.
- *Course can fulfill only one requirement for the major.
- **CDM 189 can only be taken three (3) times total for course credit.