Spring 2024 Film GU4953 section 001

Reality Television

Call Number 14951
Day & Time
Location
R 10:10am-1:00pm
403 Dodge Hall
Points 3
Grading Mode Standard
Approvals Required None
Instructor Racquel Gates
Type SEMINAR
Method of Instruction In-Person
Course Description

This course focuses on the origins, form, and social relevance of reality television. Specifically, the course will examine the industrial, economic, and ideological underpinnings of reality television to gesture toward larger themes about the evolution of television from the 1950s through the present, and the relationship between television and American culture and society. To this end, the class lectures, screenings, and discussions will emphasize (but are not limited to) topic of race, gender, sexuality, and class. 

Web Site Vergil
Department Film
Enrollment 21 students (20 max) as of 9:05PM Wednesday, December 4, 2024
Status Full
Subject Film
Number GU4953
Section 001
Division School of the Arts
Note Priority to FMST majors & Film students in Nov reg period
Section key 20241FILM4953W001