Media and Cultural Studies

Subject abbreviation: MCS College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences

Keith Harris, Ph.D., Chair Department Office, 3126 INTS

• (951) 827-1016;

mediaandculturalstudies.ucr.edu

Professor Toby Miller, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus D. Charles Whitney, Ph.D. (Creative Writing) Associate Professors Derek Burrill, Ph.D. Keith Harris, Ph.D. (English) Timothy Labor, Ph.D. (Music) Freya Schiwy, Ph.D. Andrea Smith, Ph.D. Assistant Professors Lan Duong, Ph.D. Tabassum Khan, Ph.D. Setsu Shigematsu, Ph.D. Wendy Weiqun Su, Ph.D. ** Cooperating Faculty Susan Antebi, Ph.D. (Hispanic Studies) Alicia Arrizon, Ph.D. (Women’s Studies) Mariam Beevi Lam, Ph.D. (Comparative Literature and Foreign Languages) Michelle Bloom, Ph.D. (Comparative Literature and Foreign Languages) Jayna Brown, Ph.D. (Ethnic Studies) Amalia Cabezas, Ph.D. (Women’s Studies) Feryal Cherif, Ph.D. (Political Science) Sabine Doran, Ph.D. (Comparative Literature and Foreign Languages) Jennifer Doyle, Ph.D. (English) Alessandro Fornazzari, Ph.D. (Hispanic Studies) Christine Gailey, Ph.D. (Women’s Studies) John Ganim, Ph.D. (English) Catherine Gudis, Ph.D. (History) George Haggerty, Ph.D. (English) Stephanie Hammer, Ph.D. (Comparative Literature and Foreign Languages) Steven Helfand, Ph.D. (Economics) Erith Jaffe-Berg, Ph.D. (Theatre) Martin Johnson, Ph.D. (Political Science) Jodi Kim, Ph.D. (Ethnic Studies) John Namjun Kim, Ph.D. (Comparative Literature and Foreign Languages) Katherine Kinney, Ph.D. (English) Margherita Long, Ph.D. (Comparative Literature and Foreign Languages) Tiffany Lopez, Ph.D. (Theatre) Rene Lysloff, Ph.D. (Music) Patricia Morton, Ph.D. (Art History) Vorris Nunley, Ph.D. (English) Marina Pianca, Ph.D. (Spanish/Portuguese) Michelle Raheja, Ph.D. (English) Rebekah Richert, Ph.D. (Psychology) Dylan Rodriguez, Ph.D. (Ethnic Studies) Robin Russin, M.F.A. (Theatre) Christina Schwenkel, Ph.D. (Anthropology) Theda Shapiro, Ph.D. (Comparative Literature and Foreign Languages) Maurya Simon, Ph.D. (Creative Writing) Priya Srinivasan, Ph.D. (Dance) Erika Suderburg, Ph.D. (Art) James Tobias, Ph.D. (English) Carole-Anne Tyler, Ph.D. (English) Marguerite Waller, Ph.D. (Comparative Literature and Foreign Languages/Women’s Studies) Jane Ward, Ph.D. (Women’s Studies) Devra Weber, Ph.D. (History) Raymond Williams, Ph.D. (Hispanic Studies) Andrew Winer, M.F.A. (Creative Writing) Deborah Wong, Ph.D. (Music) Victor Zordan, Ph.D. (Computer Science and Engineering) Stephen E. Cullenberg, Ph.D. Dean, College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, ex officio

The Department of Media and Cultural Studies offers the B.A. in Media and Cultural Studies, an interdisciplinary examination of film, video, television, multimedia, and visual culture with a primary emphasis on history and theory and a secondary focus on production. The major consists of three curricular tracks, in one of which students may concentrate:

• 1. Film and Visual Media

• 2. Film, Literature, and Culture

• 3. Ethnography, Documentary, and Visual

Culture

The Media and Cultural Studies major combines the breadth of an interdisciplinary major with a precise focus on visual media. Its interdisciplinary structure brings together approaches to visual media that would usually be separated by discipline. Students have a unique opportunity to acquire critical skills in the reading and analysis of media texts together with those involved in various modes of media production. This applied experience includes training in creative, documentary, and ethnographic video; photography; multimedia production; and screenwriting. Familiarity with media, either for its academic or industrial applications, enhances one’s understanding of any field in the humanities or social sciences today.

See Undergraduate Studies section.

See College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, Colleges and Programs section.

• 1. Lower-division requirements (5 lower-division

courses [at least 20 units]):

• a) Introduction to Media and Cultural Studies:

MCS 001

• b) Introduction to Media Studies: MCS 005 and

Introduction to Cultural Studies: MCS 010.

• c) Two additional courses (at least 8 units)

from the following: AHS 008, ART 003, ART 070 (E-Z), AST 048/CHN 048, CRWT 040, CS 008, CS 010, DNCE 014, DNCE 019, ENGL 033, MCS 004/ART 004, MCS 006/ART 006, MCS 009/MUS 007, MCS 015, MCS 020, MCS 021/CPLT 021, MCS 022/AST 022/JPN 022, MCS 023/AHS 020, MCS 024/CPLT 024, MCS 026/CPLT 026/EUR 026, MCS 036/CPLT 027, MCS 038/CLA 045, MCS 042/GER 045, MCS 043/RUSN 045, MCS 044/ITAL 045, MCS 045/FREN 045, MCS 046/SPN 046, MCS 047/AST 047/KOR 047, MCS 049/ AST 064/VNM 064, MCS 066/CRWT 066/THEA 066, THEA 010, THEA 021/ENGL 021

• 2. Upper-division requirements (minimum 10

upper-division courses [at least 40 units]):

• a) Any upper division MCS course or chosen

from AHS 115/LNST 115, AHS 134, AHS 166/WMST 169, AHS 181, AHS 182, AHS 188, ANTH 102/AHS 102, ANTH 121, ANTH 137, ANTH 163, ANTH 180A, ANTH 180B, CPLT 110, CPLT 143/FREN 143, CPLT 166/AST 166/VNM 166, CPLT 180V, CPLT 181/FREN 181, CRWT 151, CRWT 155, CRWT 174, DNCE 130, DNCE 131, DNCE 132, DNCE 133, DNCE 134, DNCE 135, ENGL 102, ENGL 121 (E-Z), ENGL 122 (E-Z)/LGBS 122 (E-Z), ENGL 142 (E-Z), ETST 153/LNST 153, ETST 170/ WRLT 170, ETST 175/WMST 175, EUR 111C, EUR 112C, EUR 115F, EUR 116, &63 &; )*459 -/45 ANTH 168/ETST 148, MUS 126/ANTH 177/WMST 126, MUS 128/ANTH 128/AST 128/DNCE 128/THEA 176, MUS 140/HISA 139, MUS 153/LGBS 153, PHIL 111, PHIL 169F, POSC 146, SOC 154, SOC 168, SOC 169, SPN 102A, SPN 102B, THEA 115, THEA 122, THEA 160, THEA 191W

• b) No more than three media production

courses chosen from ART 131/MCS 131, ART 135/MCS 135, ART 136/MCS 136, ART 140, ART 145, ART 146 (E-Z), ART 150/MCS 150, ART 155, ART 167, ART 168, ART 169 (E-Z), ART 175, CRWT 151, CRWT 155, CRWT 174, CS 133, CS 143, MCS 134, MCS 161/DNCE 161, MCS 162/ DNCE 162, MCS 164, MUS 139, MUS 173, THEA 101, THEA 102, THEA 109, THEA 115, THEA 132, THEA 133, THEA 135, THEA 138, THEA 141, THEA 144, THEA 145, THEA 155, THEA 156A, THEA 156B, THEA 157, THEA 160, THEA 166A, THEA 166B, THEA 166C, THEA 167, THEA 168, THEA 169, THEA 191W

No more than four units of MCS 190 and a total of four units of MCS 198I may be applied towards the minimum requirement.

The Media and Cultural Studies minor provides an interdisciplinary examination of film, television, digital multimedia, and visual culture, with an emphasis on history and theory, rather than production, in order to develop media literacy.

A minimum of 24 units (one lower-division course and five upper-division courses) are required. No course can be used to satisfy more than one requirement.

• 1. Lower-division requirements (1 course [at

least 4 units]) chosen from the following: ENGL 033, MCS 004/ART 004, MCS 015, MCS 020, MCS 021/CPLT 021

• 2. Upper-division requirements (a minimum of

5 courses [at least 20 units])

• a) One course from each of the following

three groups:

• (1) Film, Photography, and Media History:

")4 ")4 )*459 .$4 110 (E-Z), MCS 114/CPLT 134/GER 134/JPN 134, MCS 115/CPLT 115/ GER 134/JPN 134, MCS 137/AHS 136, MCS 138/AHS 137, MCS 145E/ ENGL 145E, MCS 145-I/ ENGL 145-I, MCS 170/CPLT 135/GER 135, MCS 173 (E-Z)/CPLT 173 (E-Z), MCS 174 (E-Z)/CPLT 174 (E-Z), MCS 186/AHS 186

• (2) Non-Hollywood Cinema and Alternative

Media: MCS 118 (E-Z)/GER 118 (E-Z), MCS 121 (E-Z)/CPLT 171 (E-Z), MCS 125 (E-Z)/LNST 125 (E-Z)/SPN 125 (E-Z), MCS 126/CPLT 126/GER 126, MCS 135/ART 135, MCS 136/ART 136, MCS 142/WMST 122, MCS 144K/ ENGL 144K, MCS 146E/ENGL 146E, MCS 146F/ENGL 146F, MCS 146G/ ENGL 146G, MCS 151M/DNCE 171M, MCS 152K/DNCE 172K, MCS 167/AST 167, MCS 168/AST 168, MSC 169/ AST 185/CHN 185, MCS 170/CPLT 135/GER 135, MCS 171/SPN 171, MCS 173 (E-Z)/CPLT 173 (E-Z), MCS 178/AHS 120/CPLT 110B/EUR 110B/ GER 110B, MCS 179/LNST 109/SPN 179/WMST 179, MCS 182/AHS 121/ CPLT 138/EUR 138/GER 138, MCS 183 (E-Z)/FREN 185 (E-Z), MCS 184/ AST 184/JPN 184, MCS 185/LNST 105/SPN 185

• (3) Film and Media Theory: MCS 104/

ENGL 104 or MCS 151J/DNCE 171J, MCS 118 (E-Z)/GER 118 (E-Z), MCS 121 (E-Z)/CPLT 171 (E-Z), MCS 126/ CPLT 126/GER 126, MCS 142/WMST 122, MCS 143 (E-Z)/ENGL 143 (E-Z)/ LGBS 143 (E-Z), MCS 144 (E-Z)/ENGL 144 (E-Z), MCS 145F/ENGL 145F, MCS 145G/ENGL 145G, MCS 145J/ ENGL 145J, MCS 146 (E-Z)/ENGL 146 (E-Z), MCS 151F/DNCE 171F, MCS 151G/DNCE 171G, MCS 151K/DNCE 171K, MCS 152J/DNCE 172J, MCS 152M/DNCE 172M, MCS 153J/DNCE 173J, MCS 153K/DNCE 173K, MCS 172, MCS 181/CPLT 181/FREN 181

• b) Two (2) additional courses chosen from

2.a(1),(2), and (3) above or from AHS 181, ART 140, ART 142, ART 145, ART 146 (E-Z), ART 155, ART 167, ART 168, ART 169 (E-Z) (4 units), ART 170, ART 175, CS 133, CS 143/EE 143, MCS 103/ANTH 103, MCS 131/ ART 131, MCS 133/SOC 138, MCS 139/SOC 139, MCS 150/ART 150, MCS 161/DNCE 161, MCS 162/DNCE 162, MCS 166B/CRWT 166B/THEA 166B, MCS 166C/CRWT 166C/ THEA 166C, MCS 174 (E-Z)/CPLT 174(E-Z), MUS 139, MUS 145, MUS 173, THEA 101, THEA 102, THEA 109, THEA 132, THEA 135, THEA 141, THEA 144, THEA 166A Media and Cultural Studies 338 / Programs and Courses

See Minors under the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences in the Colleges and Programs section of this catalog for additional information on minors.