Hardest MCS classes at UCR

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

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

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