The Business and Culture of Disney
Examines the business and culture of The Walt Disney Company, analyzing its role in global narratives, consumer products, and corporate media empires.
Summary
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.55 GPA, 78.9% A/AB (n=57 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.79 GPA, 91.7% A/AB (n=24 letter grades).
What you’ll be able to do
Explain the industrial and cultural dynamics that animate the Walt Disney Company empire
Analyze the many products and practice of Disney from a cultural studies perspective attuned to the meaningful relationships between business and culture
Communicate effectively about Disney in writing, discussion, and/or creative work
Interrogate the ideologies, hierarchies, and inequalities that impact the production and consumption of Disney products
Source: UW Guide
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the class
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.55 GPA, 78.9% A/AB (n=57 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.79 GPA, 91.7% A/AB (n=24 letter grades).
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Topics
- The Walt Disney Company's prominence in global culture
- Relationships between creators, capitalists, and consumers in corporate media
- Ideologies, hierarchies, and inequalities in Disney product production and consumption
Skills
- Analyzing Disney products and practices from a cultural studies perspective
- Explaining industrial and cultural dynamics of the Walt Disney Company
- Communicating effectively about Disney in writing, discussion, or creative work
- Interrogating ideologies, hierarchies, and inequalities in Disney production and consumption
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