Students should consult with the Undergraduate Adviser regarding course selections. Students who have identified an external internship for which they wish to receive credit should consult with Marilyn Fabe, the Undergraduate Faculty Adviser, regarding enrollment in Film 197B. Only one internship may be counted towards the 30 upper division unit requirement for the Film major. Students cannot complete the language requirement based upon high school language study alone, since even advanced high school language courses are considered equivalent to only the second semester of a UC Berkeley language course. Language courses which are strictly conversational are not acceptable. Students should be aware that if they are also using the course to satisfy the Foreign Language requirement, it must be taken on a letter-graded basis.
Any natural language is acceptable.
Students are expected to demonstrate both verbal and written proficiency. Students in the honors program will enroll in Film H195 for four units, and complete a senior honors thesis. It is expected that the thesis will be a substantial piece of writing on film criticism, film theory, or film history. The production of a film or writing of a screenplay may be used as part of the preparation of the thesis and submitted as documentation or as an example. Double Majors Many Film majors elect to complete a second major in addition to Film.