TELEVISION GENRES

COMARTS 540

Course Description

An examination of a specific television genre, analyzing it as a narrative, economic, cultural, and political entity and exploring its role in perpetuating and/or challenging ideas of what society is or could be.

Prerequisties

(COMARTS 250 and COMARTS 351 ) or graduate/professional standing

Satisfies

This course does not satisfy any prerequisites.

Credits

Not Reported

Offered

Not Reported

Grade Point Average

3.28

-1.95% from Historical

Completion Rate

95%

-2.98% from Historical

A Rate

50%

80% from Historical

Class Size

-16.67% from Historical

Instructors (2025 Fall)

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