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MACS

College of Media · University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
31,230 grades39 courses118 professors43 terms

Department and course prefixes as University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign lists them in its own catalog.

3.53
average GPA across 31,230 grades
+5% vs. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign overall (3.37)
91%
A or B
of 31,230 grades
3.5%
D, F or withdrew
of 31,336 enrolled
A69.1%
B22.3%
Every term against the 3.53 department average 43 terms
Fall 2011Fall 2025
Most taken
MACS 100
Intro to Popular TV & Movies
3.62
11,366 grades
+3% vs. dept
MACS 101
Introduction to the Media
3.62
7,156 grades
+2% vs. dept
MACS 356
Sex & Gender in Popular Media
3.39
1,843 grades
−4% vs. dept
MACS 351
Media Analysis
3.26
1,286 grades
−8% vs. dept
MACS 320
Popular Culture
3.29
1,174 grades
−7% vs. dept
MACS 203
Contemporary Movies
3.59
979 grades
+2% vs. dept
MACS 264
Media Industries
3.29
884 grades
−7% vs. dept
MACS 326
New Media, Culture & Society
3.39
691 grades
−4% vs. dept
Courses with a grade record · 39
100 level6200 level9300 level20400 level4
CourseDistributionGPAvs. deptGrades
100 level6 courses
MACS 100 · Intro to Popular TV & Movies
3.62 +3% vs. dept 11,366
MACS 101 · Introduction to the Media
3.62 +2% vs. dept 7,156
MACS 140 · Smartphone Cinema
3.70 +5% vs. dept 165
MACS 150 · Introduction to Digital Media Production
3.46 −2% vs. dept 432
MACS 166 · Literacies for Digital Life: Contemporary Media Literacy
3.62 +3% vs. dept 281
MACS 199 · Undergraduate Open Seminar
3.11 −12% vs. dept 354
200 level9 courses
MACS 203 · Contemporary Movies
3.59 +2% vs. dept 979
MACS 205 · Introduction to Documentary
3.56 +1% vs. dept 23
MACS 224 · Sportsmedia Technology & Culture
3.70 +5% vs. dept 321
MACS 260 · Film Production
3.85 +9% vs. dept 399
MACS 261 · Survey of World Cinema I
3.15 −11% vs. dept 644
MACS 262 · Survey of World Cinema II
3.24 −8% vs. dept 428
MACS 264 · Media Industries
3.29 −7% vs. dept 884
MACS 282 · A World of Death and Blood: The Horror Movie
3.86 +9% vs. dept 246
MACS 295 · Intro Media/Cinema Topics
3.60 +2% vs. dept 106
300 level20 courses
MACS 301 · Cinema Decades
3.67 +4% vs. dept 29
MACS 317 · Media History
3.27 −7% vs. dept 542
MACS 320 · Popular Culture
3.29 −7% vs. dept 1,174
MACS 321 · Film Culture
3.11 −12% vs. dept 95
MACS 323 · Studies Film/Media Production
3.76 +6% vs. dept 52
MACS 326 · New Media, Culture & Society
3.39 −4% vs. dept 691
MACS 331 · Media and Democracy
3.48 −1% vs. dept 109
MACS 351 · Media Analysis
3.26 −8% vs. dept 1,286
MACS 356 · Sex & Gender in Popular Media
3.39 −4% vs. dept 1,843
MACS 361 · Film Theory
3.40 −4% vs. dept 285
MACS 364 · Topics in Media Business
3.27 −7% vs. dept 231
MACS 366 · Film Festivals
3.88 +10% vs. dept 58
MACS 370 · Cinematography and Sound Design
3.85 +9% vs. dept 74
MACS 371 · Editing and Post-production for Cinema
3.64 +3% vs. dept 47
MACS 372 · Screenwriting
3.69 +5% vs. dept 141
MACS 375 · Latina/o Media in the US
3.22 −9% vs. dept 74
MACS 380 · 21st Century Documentaries
3.41 −3% vs. dept 35
MACS 389 · International Communications
3.53 +0% vs. dept 104
MACS 391 · Individual Study
3.35 −5% vs. dept 83
MACS 395 · Special Media/Cinema Topics
3.27 −7% vs. dept 169
400 level4 courses
MACS 410 · Media Ethics credit: 3 or
3.22 −9% vs. dept 107
MACS 464 · Film Festivals
3.53 +0% vs. dept 127
MACS 466 · Japanese Cinema credit: 3 or
3.44 −2% vs. dept 68
MACS 496 · Advanced Media/Cinema Topics credit: 3 or
3.46 −2% vs. dept 22
47 more MACS courses appear in the catalog with no grade record yet.
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