MCS 160: RACE, STATE VIOLENCE, AND INCARCERATION IN THE U.S.
University of California, Riverside
4 Units, Lecture, 3 hours; individual study, 6 hours; research, 1 hour; term paper, 2 hours. Prerequisite(s): MCS 010 with a grade of C- or better; or consent of instructor. Offers a historical, analytical, and theoretical examination of the cultural formation of criminalization and incarceration in the United States. Contextualizes the US carceral regime's roots in the cultural-political structures of racial chattel slavery, land conquest, settler colonization, and the statecraft of anti-Black violence.
Average GPA: 3.06
Grade distribution records: 119 students across 6 terms.
Grade distribution
| Grade | Students | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| A+ | 20 | 16.8% |
| A | 23 | 19.3% |
| A- | 22 | 18.5% |
| B+ | 8 | 6.7% |
| B | 6 | 5.0% |
| B- | 11 | 9.2% |
| C+ | 3 | 2.5% |
| C | 3 | 2.5% |
| C- | 5 | 4.2% |
| D+ | 1 | 0.8% |
| D | 1 | 0.8% |
| D- | 1 | 0.8% |
| F | 11 | 9.2% |
| S | 1 | 0.8% |
| W | 3 | 2.5% |
Based on 119 student grade records across 6 terms and 2 professors.
Instructors
- Dylan Rodriguez 46 students, Average GPA 3.22
- Randol Contreras 12 students, Average GPA 3.87