HISA 119: MODERN U.S. CONSUMER CULTURE
University of California, Riverside
4 Units, Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): restricted to class level standing of junior, or senior; or consent of instructor. Examines the history of mass consumer culture in the United States. Includes the shift from mass production to mass consumption; the grown in advertising and marketing; relationships of race and gender to the market; impacts on built and natural environment; rise of logistics; and waste. Cross-listed with SEHE 144. Credit is awarded for one of the following HISA 119, SEHE 144, HISA 119S, or SEHE 144S.
Average GPA: 3.57
Grade distribution records: 614 students across 15 terms.
Grade distribution
| Grade | Students | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| A+ | 23 | 3.7% |
| A | 246 | 40.1% |
| A- | 149 | 24.3% |
| B+ | 72 | 11.7% |
| B | 64 | 10.4% |
| B- | 31 | 5.0% |
| C+ | 4 | 0.7% |
| C | 9 | 1.5% |
| C- | 1 | 0.2% |
| D+ | 1 | 0.2% |
| D- | 1 | 0.2% |
| F | 7 | 1.1% |
| NP | 1 | 0.2% |
| S | 2 | 0.3% |
| W | 3 | 0.5% |
Based on 614 student grade records across 15 terms and 2 professors.
Instructors
- Catherine Gudis 334 students, Average GPA 3.51
- Michael Hawkins 115 students, Average GPA 3.68