MCS 123: Asian American Women: Writing the Self in Literature and Film

	2011-12	2012-13 →
	changes (lax) changes (strict) ▾	2012-13 → 2012-13 →

Units: 4

Hours: Lecture, 3 hours; screening, 1 hour; written work, 1 hour; extra reading, 1 hour

Catalog page 348

Prerequisites: upper-division standing or consent of instructor

Description: Analyzes Asian American autobiographies and films written and directed by women. Explores why the genre of autobiography is enabling and con- tentious within Asian American women’s writings. Examines films to see how such women filmmakers contend with memory, gender, and identity. Cross-list- ed with WMST 124. Fulfills the Humanities require- ment for the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences.

Enrollment History (from UCR Banner, not catalog)

Combined: GSST 124 / MCS 123 / SEAS 175

Year	F	W	S	Su	Total
2025-26			11/30		11/30
2022-23		35/35			35/35
2021-22		20/20		20/20	40/40
2020-21			32/30		32/30
2019-20		50/50			50/50
2018-19		59/63			59/63
2017-18		54/60			54/60
2016-17	35/35				35/35