MCS 020: Introduction to Film Studies

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Units: 4

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

Catalog page 494

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.

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

Serves as a prerequisite for

GSST 179 LNST 105 LNST 109 LNST 125E MCS 125E MCS 153 (E-Z) MCS 179 SPN 179 SPN 185
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Referenced in

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