TELEVISION GENRES
An examination of a specific television genre, analyzing it as a narrative, economic, cultural, and political entity and exploring its role in perpetuating and/or challenging ideas of what society is or could be.
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: ( COM ARTS 250 and 351 ) or graduate/professional standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Humanities & Arts Level - Advanced L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: Yes, unlimited number of completions Last Taught: Spring 2024 Learning Outcomes: 1. Assess how the topic genre works as a unique mode of communication Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Discuss thoughtfully the cultural work being done by current examples of the topic genre Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Explain the roles that older examples of the topic genre played in cultural history Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Analyze how the topic genre works as a business and/or industry Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Critically examine various modes, styles, theories, and uses of the topic genre Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Analyze various ways in which the topic genre both explicitly and implicitly engages important cultural issues, debates, and topics of concern to a society Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 7. Identify and pursue opportunities to contribute to the scholarly analysis of the topic genre Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Assess how the topic genre works as a unique mode of communication Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Discuss thoughtfully the cultural work being done by current examples of the topic genre Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Explain the roles that older examples of the topic genre played in cultural history Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Analyze how the topic genre works as a business and/or industry Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Critically examine various modes, styles, theories, and uses of the topic genre Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Analyze various ways in which the topic genre both explicitly and implicitly engages important cultural issues, debates, and topics of concern to a society Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 7. Identify and pursue opportunities to contribute to the scholarly analysis of the topic genre Audience: Graduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027