MCS 020: Introduction to Film Studies

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Units: 4

Hours: Lecture, 3 hours; screening, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour

Catalog page 419

Prerequisites: none

Description: An introduction to the formal and narrative principles of film construction and to various critical approaches to the cinema, such as auteur and genre theory. Provides an overview of world cinemas.

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Serves as a prerequisite for

AST 185 AST 186 AST 187 CHN 185 GSST 179 LNST 105 LNST 109 MCS 153 (E-Z) MCS 167 MCS 168 MCS 169 MCS 179 MCS 185 SEAS 177 SPN 179 SPN 185
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Enrollment History (from UCR Banner, not catalog)
Year F W S Su Total
2025-26  85/ 84 11/25  96/109
2024-25  86/ 84  84/ 84 170/168
2023-24  84/ 84  84/ 84 17/35 185/203
2022-23  84/ 84 84/84  85/ 84 253/252
2020-21 167/168 167/168
2019-20 176/178 176/178
2018-19  93/ 90  88/ 90 181/180
2017-18  79/ 90 76/75 155/165
2016-17 179/180 179/180