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2025 Winter > UGRD > CINE > CINE 304

Understanding Television

Course #: CINE 304

Description:
This class focuses on television's evolution as a cultural practice from a historical and theoretical perspective. Taking a humanistic approach, it examines the nature, institutions, technologies, aesthetics, and socio-political functions of commercial and public-service broadcast television. Further, it scrutinizes contemporary technological and cultural changes, such as the rise of digital and transnational television phenomena, questioning how television formats, programs and institutions are influencing and influenced by major shifts in global mediascapes.
Pre Requisites:
Pre-requisite: ENGL 101 or ENGL 102 or instructor permission

Section Class Number Schedule/Time Instructor Location
01 1181
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TBD On-line course
Session: WS1 3W
Class Dates: 01/06/2025 - 01/24/2025
Capacity: 25
Enrolled: 0
Status: Open
Credits: 3/3
Class Notes:
Pre Requisites: Pre-requisite: ENGL 101 or ENGL 102 or instructor permission
Course Attributes: Humanities