HISTORY OF U.S. MEDIA

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Junior standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Humanities & Arts Breadth - Social Science Level - Advanced L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify and explain important people, themes, events, and technologies that shaped media history. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Identify and explain historical arguments in secondary literature. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Analyze primary sources and know what questions to ask to be able to do that. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Produce original historical knowledge through research in primary and secondary sources. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Produce research suitable for submission to an academic journal or history magazine. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify and explain important people, themes, events, and technologies that shaped media history. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Identify and explain historical arguments in secondary literature. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Analyze primary sources and know what questions to ask to be able to do that. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Produce original historical knowledge through research in primary and secondary sources. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Produce research suitable for submission to an academic journal or history magazine. Audience: Graduate