Section Info: FMT-230TV-01

Course Title: Intermediate Courses in History and Theory: 'History of U.S. Television'
Start Date: 01/28/2025 End Date: 05/13/2025
Term: Spring Semester 2025
Description: This course traces the history of television in the United States from its invention to the present, including how U.S.-based television has circulated globally. In addition to looking at how the medium was developed and regulated as a technology, we will analyze the aesthetic and thematic content of television across the medium's history and within particular genres (sitcom, drama, reality, etc.), exploring how television has represented aspects of U.S. society including race, gender, sexuality, and socioeconomic class. We will give particular attention to how television has reflected and influenced moments of political and social change, including the Civil Rights Movement, the Vietnam War, and 9/11. Students will conduct historical research and produce written and audiovisual content presenting their work.
Distribution(s): I - Humanities , WI - Writing-Intensive , TP - Topics Course
Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate     Credits:4.00    

Faculty         Phone         Email address        
Hannah Goodwin             hgoodwin@mtholyoke.edu  

Meeting Dates         Method         Meeting days         Meeting times         Building name         Room     Frequency    
01/28/2025 - 05/13/2025   Lecture   Tuesday and Thursday   10:30AM - 11:45AM   TBA   TBA   Weekly
01/28/2025 - 05/13/2025   Film Screening   Wednesday   07:15PM - 10:05PM       Weekly

REGISTRATION DETAILS

Requisite Courses        
Prereq: 4 credits in the department. Take previously   Required  

Comments        
Additional Comments        
Course Tags        
NXJRN0001   NXJRN: Nexus in Journalism, Media, and Public Discourse   This course is approved for the Journalism, Media, & Public Discourse Nexus track.  
FMT0004   FMT-CR: Critical Studies   This course has been approved to count towards the Film, Media, Theater major in the Critical Studies area.  

Cross-listed Sections        
None  

Course Availability
Section status: Waitlisted     Capacity: 18     Enrollment: 19     Available: 0     Waitlist: 12
Please note: The "Available" count will equal 0 in a Waitlisted course where spaces in the course have recently opened and students have not yet been moved into them from the waitlist.

BOOK INFORMATION

Book List         Required         Publisher Full Price        
To be determined.                    

Additional Book Comments        
This is NOT the complete book list for this class.