Transfers ToCSUDescriptionFCS 499 Experimental Offering in Family and Consumer Science Units: 0.5 - 4 Prerequisite: None. Transferable: CSU This is the experimental courses description. Family and Consumer Science 335 COSUMNES RIVER COLLEGE 2025-2026 Official Catalog Film and Media Studies Film and Media Studies is designed to develop critical thinking and screenwriting skills while fostering a humanistic and social scientific understanding of the media. Students combine hands-on courses in scriptwriting, with critical studies of the visual media as an art form and social force. This major is particularly encouraged for students who intend to transfer to university film and media programs or pursue careers that demand a high level of visual literacy, analytic and writing skills. The production of digital film and broadcast television are taught through the Radio, Television and Film Production program. Degrees Offered A.A. in Film & Media Studies Dean Brian Rickel Department Chair Adam Wadenius Phone (916) 691-7171 Email wadenia@crc.losrios.edu Associate Degree A.A. in Film & Media Studies The Film & Media Studies program is designed to foster critical thinking and media literacy skills, interrogate the multiple histories of film and media, and contemplate the role of film and media texts as artifacts that shape and reflect popular culture. Students engage in practical and theoretical discussions about film and media in a variety of courses on aesthetics, screenwriting, genre, narrative, and representations of race, sex, class and gender. This major is encouraged for students who intend to transfer to university film and media programs, or pursue careers that demand a high level of media literacy or analytical writing skills. The production of digital film and broadcast television are taught through the Radio, Television and Film production program. ** Students planning to transfer to a four-year institution should complete the lower division major requirements and general education pattern for the appropriate transfer institution and major. If you are interested in transferring to a four-year college or university to pursue a bachelor's degree in this major, it is critical that you meet with your CRC counselor and/or FMS professors to select and plan the courses for your major. Schools vary widely in terms of the required preparation. The courses that CRC requires for an Associate's degree in this major may be different from the requirements needed for the Bachelor's degree. Exact major requirements for UC and CSU institutions can be found on www.assist.org. Career Opportunities: Filmmaker, Entertainment Writer or Editor, Producer, Screenwriter, Professor, Script Supervisor, Story Editor, Digital Content Producer, Film Festival Programmer, Film Publicist. ** Some career options may require more than two years of college study. Classes beyond the associate degree may be required to fulfill some career options or for preparation for transfer to a university program. Degree Requirements Course Code Course Title Units 