University Of California - [UC Berkeley], California, Berkeley - Courses & Fees

Berkeley, California

University Public College

The major applies perspectives from liberal arts disciplines in the social sciences and humanities to examine the central role that media plays in the economic, social, political, and cultural life of citizens in modern societies.
The emphasis in this major is historical and theoretical, examining media systems, institutions, policies, and practices and offer students the analytical tools available to examine media—old and new, local to global—as well as media consumption and meaning-making processes.
The program weds traditions from communication, history, anthropology, sociology, and political science with critical and cultural studies theory to analyze and assess the role and meaning of media in contemporary societies.

Important Dates

Admission Decision to be Released by March 31, 2022.

Year	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3	Year 4
Tuition Fees	$5721	$5721	$5721	$5721
Health Insurance	$1894	$1894	$1894	$1894
Compulsory Fees	$564	$564	$564	$564
International differential fee	$14877	$14877	$14877	$14877
Miscellaneous expenses	$732	$732	$732	$732
Total Fees	$23788	$23788	$23788	$23788

Head	Avg Cost Per Year
Room and Board	$17220

Academic Eligibility:

Students must either be in the final year of secondary school or have already completed secondary school studies to get admission to this program.
A GPA of 3.2 (B+ grade) out of 4.0 is required in the last year of the studies.
Students whose official language is not English are required to submit IELTS or TOEFL scores.

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80 / 120

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46 / 90

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115 / 160

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Name	Amount	International Students Eligible	Application Deadline
Support Scholarships for Young Women	Variable	Yes	Mar 19, 2023
Forktip Women’s- Innovation Scholarship	Variable	Yes	Aug 30, 2023
BL Mandhana Scholarships	$10000	Yes	N/A
Deutschland Stipendium Program	$4363	Yes	N/A