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Media and Cultural Studies

Catalog pages 337-342

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

Keith Harris, Ph.D., Chair Department Office, 3126 INTS keith.harris@ucr.edu

  • (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. Lan Duong, Ph.D. Keith Harris, Ph.D. (English) Timothy Labor, Ph.D. (Music) Freya Schiwy, Ph.D. Sarita See, Ph.D. Setsu Shigematsu, Ph.D. Andrea Smith, Ph.D. Assistant Professors Laura Harris, Ph.D. Tabassum Khan, 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) Media and Cultural Studies 338 / Programs and Courses

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

Major

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.

University Requirements

See Undergraduate Studies section.

College Requirements

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

Major Requirements

  • 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 115F, EUR 116, EUR 119 (E-Z), HIST 191X, LNST 168/ 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.

Minor

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.

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

least 4 units]) chosen from the following: MCS 001, MCS 005, MCS 010, MCS 015, MCS 020, MCS 021/CPLT 021

  • 2. Upper-division requirements (a minimum of

5 courses [at least 20 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 115F, EUR 116, EUR 119 (E-Z), HIST 191X, LNST 168/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 191J, THEA 191W

  • b) No more than two media production

courses (8 units) may be used towards the total of five upper division courses chosen from: ART 140, ART 145, ART 146 (E-Z), ART 155, ART 167, ART 168, ART 169 (E-Z), ART 175, CRWT 151, CRWT 155, CRWT 174, CS 133, CS 143, MCS 131/ART 131, MCS 134, MCS 135/ ART 135, MCS 136/ART 136, MCS 150/ ART 150, 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 191J, THEA 191W

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.

Courses