2015-16

Studies

Catalog pages 351-356

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

Erika Suderburg, Ph.D. Chair Department Office, 3126 INTS erika.suderburg@ucr.edu

  • (951) 827-2685;

mediaandculturalstudies.ucr.edu

Professors Emeriti

Toby Miller, Ph.D. D. Charles Whitney, Ph.D. (Creative Writing) Professor

Erika Suderburg, Ph.D. Associate Professors

Derek Burrill, Ph.D. Amalia Cabezas, Ph.D. Lan Duong, Ph.D. Keith Harris, Ph.D. Timothy Labor, Ph.D. (Music) Freya Schiwy, Ph.D. Sarita See, Ph.D. Setsu Shigematsu, Ph.D. Andrea Smith, Ph.D. (Ethnic Studies) Assistant Professors

Laura Harris, Ph.D. Tabassum “Ruhi” Khan, Ph.D. Judith Rodenbeck, Ph.D. Wendy Weiqun Su, Ph.D.

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 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/TFDP 066, TFDP 010, TFDP 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/GSST 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/GSST 175, EUR 111C, EUR 115F, EUR 116, EUR 119 (E-Z), HIST 191X, LNST 168/ ANTH 168/ETST 148, MUS 126/ANTH 177/GSST 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, TFDP 115, TFDP 122, TFDP 160, TFDP 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 Media and Cultural Studies 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, TFDP 101, TFDP 102, TFDP 109, TFDP 115, TFDP 132, TFDP 133, TFDP 135, TFDP 138, TFDP 141, TFDP 144, TFDP 145, TFDP 155, TFDP 156A, TFDP 156B, TFDP 157, TFDP 160, TFDP 166A, TFDP 166B, TFDP 166C, TFDP 167, TFDP 168, TFDP 169, TFDP 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/GSST 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/GSST 175, EUR 111C, EUR 115F, EUR 116, EUR 119 (E-Z), HIST 191X, LNST 168/ANTH 168/ETST 148, MUS 126/ANTH 177/GSST 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, TFDP 115, TFDP 122, TFDP 160, TFDP 191J, TFDP 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, TFDP 101, TFDP 102, TFDP 109, TFDP 115, TFDP 132, TFDP 133, TFDP 135, TFDP 138, TFDP 141, TFDP 144, TFDP 145, TFDP 155, TFDP 156A, TFDP 156B, TFDP 157, TFDP 160, TFDP 166A, TFDP 166B, TFDP 166C, TFDP 167, TFDP 168, TFDP 169, TFDP 191J, TFDP 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