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