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Understanding Television

Course Overview

Date / Time Location Credits Minimium Tuition*
1/4/27 - 1/22/27
TBA		 Online 3 $2046
Date
1/4/27 - 1/22/27
Time
TBA
Location
Online
Credits
3
Min. Tuition*
$2046

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.

Prerequisites

ENGL 101 or ENGL 102 or instructor permission

Guest registration opens November 3

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Course Details

Session

Winter Session 1, 3 weeks

Class Dates

1/4/2027 - 1/22/2027

Location

Online

General Ed Requirements

Humanities

Enrolled / Capacity

0 / 25

Status

Closed

Instructor

Doron Galili

Tuition*

* The tuition estimate is based on minimum, single-course cost to a new student who is a Massachusetts resident and not enrolled in a multi-course program. State residency, online/in person modality, and matriculation to a degree program may affect cost.

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