Easiest MCS classes at UCR

Ranked by average GPA from official grade distributions. Only courses with at least 100 graded students.

  1. MCS 158: Afrofuturism Black Superhero Average GPA 3.97, 215 students
  2. MCS 162: Tool, Technology, Technique Average GPA 3.97, 112 students
  3. MCS 149: Comics and Visual Culture Average GPA 3.96, 439 students
  4. MCS 147: Visual Culture & Afrofuturism Average GPA 3.96, 394 students
  5. MCS 157: AFROFUTURISM & THE VISUAL CULTURES OF HORROR Average GPA 3.94, 335 students
  6. MCS 166: Punk and Post-punk Cultures Average GPA 3.92, 147 students
  7. MCS 020: INTRODUCTION TO FILM STUDIES Average GPA 3.83, 1,581 students
  8. MCS 153J: Digitized Bodies Average GPA 3.80, 184 students
  9. MCS 006: INTRODUCTION TO CONTEMPORARY CRITICAL ISSUES IN ART Average GPA 3.72, 198 students
  10. MCS 145K: African American Visual Cultur Average GPA 3.69, 146 students
  11. MCS 127: Culturl Studies&gendr Politics Average GPA 3.66, 117 students
  12. MCS 143: Art, Sex, and Science Average GPA 3.66, 100 students
  13. MCS 023: INTRODUCTION TO MEDIA ART Average GPA 3.61, 189 students
  14. MCS 137: HISTORY OF VIDEO ART Average GPA 3.61, 147 students
  15. MCS 188: Media & Militarism Average GPA 3.60, 142 students
  16. MCS 145J: The Horror Film Average GPA 3.60, 112 students
  17. MCS 066: SCREENWRITING: HOW MOVIES WORK Average GPA 3.57, 386 students
  18. MCS 144: SPECIAL TOPICS IN RACE, ETHNICITY AND VISUAL CULTURE Average GPA 3.56, 187 students
  19. MCS 009: MUSIC IN MOVIES AND TV Average GPA 3.55, 586 students
  20. MCS 154: Media, Gender, and Violence Average GPA 3.55, 255 students
  21. MCS 146F: Cltrs&tech of the Visual Average GPA 3.55, 188 students
  22. MCS 163: SPECIAL TOPICS IN ART CRITICISM AND THEORY Average GPA 3.55, 128 students
  23. MCS 120: MAJOR FIGURES IN FILM AND MEDIA Average GPA 3.52, 389 students
  24. MCS 109: Algorithms and Everyday Life Average GPA 3.52, 137 students
  25. MCS 172: TECHNIQUES OF THE BODY Average GPA 3.51, 1,197 students
  26. MCS 184: Japanese Media & Cultrl Stdies Average GPA 3.50, 189 students
  27. MCS 104: Film and Media Theory Average GPA 3.50, 147 students
  28. MCS 123: Asn Amr Wom:writ Self: Lit&flm Average GPA 3.47, 181 students
  29. MCS 143F: Gender,sexualty&visual Cultrs Average GPA 3.47, 109 students
  30. MCS 193: RACIAL COLONIAL STATE VIOLENCE Average GPA 3.45, 190 students
  31. MCS 121: Online Research Methods Average GPA 3.45, 151 students
  32. MCS 107: History of Documentary Film Average GPA 3.41, 180 students
  33. MCS 140: Alt Media Prodctn & Soc Mvmnts Average GPA 3.41, 128 students
  34. MCS 129: DISNEY: PRODUCING RACE, GENDER AND SEXUALITY Average GPA 3.37, 817 students
  35. MCS 069: THE POLITICS OF PUBLIC SPACE Average GPA 3.36, 170 students
  36. MCS 181: Existentlsm in Lit, Flm & Cltr Average GPA 3.35, 104 students
  37. MCS 001: INTRODUCTION TO MEDIA AND CULTURAL STUDIES Average GPA 3.32, 7,221 students
  38. MCS 036: Food in Film Average GPA 3.32, 213 students
  39. MCS 126: Novel to Scr:flm Adptn Ger Lit Average GPA 3.32, 113 students
  40. MCS 134: Transmedia:demonstration Prjct Average GPA 3.32, 104 students
  41. MCS 105: Global Communication Average GPA 3.29, 245 students
  42. MCS 027: Intro to Video Game Studies Average GPA 3.27, 311 students
  43. MCS 045: French Cinema Average GPA 3.26, 360 students
  44. MCS 179: Gender, Media & Latin America Average GPA 3.26, 136 students
  45. MCS 010: CULTURAL STUDIES: HISTORICAL AND CONTEMPORARY PERSPECTIVES Average GPA 3.24, 3,005 students
  46. MCS 146E: Identities and Interactions Average GPA 3.23, 115 students
  47. MCS 122: Sustainability Future Democrcy Average GPA 3.22, 304 students
  48. MCS 139: MASS MEDIA AND POPULAR CULTURE Average GPA 3.19, 160 students
  49. MCS 012: Gangs: a Critical Analysis Average GPA 3.18, 435 students
  50. MCS 022: Introduction to Japanese Film Average GPA 3.17, 320 students
  51. MCS 011: Drug Markets Average GPA 3.10, 606 students
  52. MCS 110J: Film &media History After Wwii Average GPA 3.09, 199 students
  53. MCS 156E: South Asian Media & Cultures Average GPA 3.08, 216 students
  54. MCS 042: Introduction to German Cinema Average GPA 3.08, 120 students
  55. MCS 160: RACE, STATE VIOLENCE, AND INCARCERATION IN THE U.S. Average GPA 3.06, 119 students
  56. MCS 005: MEDIA STUDIES: THEORY AND PRACTICE Average GPA 3.00, 3,232 students
  57. MCS 015: Intro to Television Studies Average GPA 2.98, 555 students
  58. MCS 002: Intro to Immersive Media Average GPA 2.96, 124 students
  59. MCS 111: History of Media Theory Average GPA 2.72, 191 students
  60. MCS 047: Introduction to Korean Film Average GPA 2.67, 205 students
  61. MCS 048: Chinese Cinema Average GPA 2.65, 129 students
  62. MCS 102 Average GPA 2.28, 157 students

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