Goucher College 2016-2017 Undergraduate Catalogue 
    
    Oct 15, 2024  
Goucher College 2016-2017 Undergraduate Catalogue PLEASE NOTE: This is an archived catalog. Programs are subject to change each academic year.

COM 237 - Media Criticism (3 Cr.)

(LER - TXT)
This course examines the critical and theoretical approaches to understanding the televisual world. From formalist to feminist and postmodernist theory, students gain an in-depth understanding of the codes and conventions that govern the cultural production of television. Ideological, genre-based, auteurist, and other approaches are examined. Prerequisites: COM 105 , college writing proficiency, and sophomore standing; or permission of the instructor. Fall semester. Burton, Kimball, Marcus, Zurawik.