THE BUSINESS AND CULTURE OF DISNEY
Analyze The Walt Disney Company and its prominence as a purveyor of narratives, consumer products, and dreams in global culture. Examine the business and culture of Disney to reveal how creators, capitalists, and consumers all relate to the corporate media empires that shape everyday life.
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: Sophomore standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Humanities & Arts Breadth - Humanities Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Summer 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Explain the industrial and cultural dynamics that animate the Walt Disney Company empire Audience: Undergraduate 2. Analyze the many products and practice of Disney from a cultural studies perspective attuned to the meaningful relationships between business and culture Audience: Undergraduate 3. Communicate effectively about Disney in writing, discussion, and/or creative work Audience: Undergraduate 4. Interrogate the ideologies, hierarchies, and inequalities that impact the production and consumption of Disney products Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Explain the industrial and cultural dynamics that animate the Walt Disney Company empire Audience: Undergraduate 2. Analyze the many products and practice of Disney from a cultural studies perspective attuned to the meaningful relationships between business and culture Audience: Undergraduate 3. Communicate effectively about Disney in writing, discussion, and/or creative work Audience: Undergraduate 4. Interrogate the ideologies, hierarchies, and inequalities that impact the production and consumption of Disney products Audience: Undergraduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027