MCS 181: Existentialism in Literature, Film, and Culture

← 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 →
← 2018-19 ← 2023-24 changes (lax) changes (strict) ▾ 2025-26 →

Units: 4

Hours: Lecture, 3 hours; screening, 2 hours; outside research, .5 hours; term paper, .5 hours

Catalog page 500

Prerequisites: upper- division standing or consent of instructor

Description: Explores the Existentialist movement in literature, film, and culture. Texts range from essays, plays, and novels to documentary and fiction film. Topics include choice, subjectivity, and alienation.

Cross-listing: Cross-listed with FREN 181, and CPLT 181.

Derived Information — The following is not part of the official catalog but is computed from catalog data.

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Enrollment History (from UCR Banner, not catalog)
Combined: CPLT 181 / FREN 181 / MCS 181
Year F W S Su Total
2025-26 36/39  8/25 44/64
2024-25 11/25 11/25
2023-24 11/25 11/25
2022-23 16/25 16/25
2021-22 17/25 17/25
2020-21 35/40 15/25 50/65
2019-20 38/40 26/30 64/70
2018-19 37/40 37/40