TELE 320 Critical Television Theory and Analysis

This course seeks to master methods of analysis and theory commonly utilized in Television Studies: historic and industrial, auteurism and genre, semiotics and psychoanalysis, postmodernism, feminist, critical race, discourse, and audience reception. In students’ aspirations to become professionals in the field of television, understanding how TV operates culturally and socially in a sophisticated manner will ultimately make them better creative artists, producers, managers, screenwriters, etc.

Repeatable: Y
Formerly 40-3212
Prerequisites ENGL 112 Writing and Rhetoric II or ENGL 112H Writing and Rhetoric II: Honors or ENGL 122 International Writing and Rhetoric II
Requirements Sophomore Standing or Above (SO)
Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3