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Cinema and Digital Media Tentative Course Schedule

Tentative Course Schedule CDM (Printable)

This schedule is subject to change or cancellation. Refer to Schedule Builder for the most current list of offered courses. (Last updated September 4, 2026.)

Courses marked “permission required” require contacting the instructor (last name in parentheses) for permission to register. For non-CDM courses listed on the Cinema and Digital Media Major Checklist (including studio art courses), refer to Schedule Builder or the respective department’s website for additional offerings and the most current schedule.

Fall 2026

Lower Division

  • CDM 1, Introduction to Film Studies
  • CDM 2, Introduction to Technocultural Studies
  • CDM 20, Filmmaking Foundations
  • CDM 40A, Media History I: Gutenberg to Oppenheimer
  • CDM 41B, History of Cinema 1945–Present

Upper Division

Group A
  • CDM 100, Experimental Digital Cinema I
  • CDM 104, Documentary Production
  • CDM 107, Acting for Camera
  • CDM 174, Special Topics in Analog Game Design – Topic: Alternate Reality Games: from Transmedia Worldbuilding to Documentary Gaming
  • CDM 176, Advanced Digital Game Development – Topic: Virtual Reality
  • CDM 189, Special Topics in Cinema and Digital Media – Topic: Screenwriting
  • CDM 198, Games Capstone Part 1 (Boluk) – [ Contact instructor for permission to register. ]
Group B
  • FMS 127, Film Theory
  • CDM 167, Topics in Film Genres – Topic: Science Fiction Across Media

Winter 2027

Lower Division

  • CDM 1, Introduction to Film Studies
  • CDM 12, Introduction to Media Computation
  • CDM 72, Introduction to Games
  • CDM 41A, Cinema History, 1895–1945

Upper Division

Group A
  • TCS 175, Small Scale Film Production (Wyman) – [ Contact instructor for permission to register. ]
  • CDM 123, Sight and Soundtrack
  • CDM 170, Narrative Game Design
  • CDM 173, Introduction to Analog Game Design
  • CDM 174, Special Topics in Analog Game Design
  • CDM 195HB, Games Capstone Part 2 (Boluk) [ Contact instructor for permission to register. ]
Group B
  • CDM 137, Topics in Virtuality
  • CDM 158, Technology and the Modern American Body
  • CDM 166, Topics in U.S. Film History – Topic: 20th and 21st Century Horror Film
  • CDM 172, Video Games and Culture
  • TCS 155, Introduction to Documentary Studies
  • TCS 160, Ghosts of the Machine

Spring 2027

Lower Division

  • CDM 1, Introduction to Film Studies
  • CDM 3, Media Archaeology
  • CDM 20, Filmmaking Foundations
  • CDM 40B, Media History II: 1945–Present

Upper Division

Group A
  • CTS 116, Design on Screen
  • CDM 121, Introduction to Sonic Arts
  • CDM 122, Intermediate Sonic Arts
  • CDM 140, Where Do Films Go: Film Distribution
  • CDM 175, Introduction to Digital Game Development
  • CDM 176, Advanced Digital Game Development – Topic: Game Audio
  • CDM 195HB, Games Capstone Part 3 (Boluk) [ Contact instructor for permission to register. ]
  • CDM 189, Special Topics in Cinema and Digital Media – Topic: Introduction to Screenwriting – Permission required
  • CDM 189, Special Topics in Cinema and Digital Media – Topic: Post-Production Techniques (Smith) – Permission required
Group B
  • CDM 151, Media Theory
  • CDM 139, Special Topics in Cinema and Digital Media – Topic: Disneyfying Diversity
  • CDM 167, Topics in Film Genres

Summer 2027

Summer Session I and Summer Session II offerings are to be determined and subject to change or cancellation. For more information on Summer Sessions, visit summer-sessions.ucdavis.edu.

Summer Study Abroad 2027

For more information on Summer Study Abroad courses, visit the Global Learning Hub.

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