Course Catalog Information (24-25)
F/TV 10
Introduction to Electronic Media
Course Description
This course surveys the history, aesthetics, technology, and social impacts of electronic media, including film, broadcasting and the Internet. Students will explore the role of government, advertising, audiences, and emerging technologies, their futures, and impacts on global societies.
Student Learning Outcomes
- Students will be able to select, analyze and evaluate competing information to formulate a personal philosophy of media.
- Students will be able to synthesize course concepts into a term paper selected from several topic options.
- Students will be able to hypothesize the future of media in the United States.
Course Details
- Units
- 4 Units
- Hours
- Weekly Lecture Hours: 4
- Weekly Lab Hours: 0
- Gen Ed
- General Education Class
- Program Status
- Program Applicable
- Credit
- Credit - Degree Applicable
- Transferability
- Transferable to both UC and CSU
- Grading Method
- Letter Grading
Requisite and Advisory
- Advisory(ies)
- EWRT 1A or EWRT 1AH or ESL 5
- Prerequisite(s)
- Corequisite(s)
Limitations on Enrollment and Entrance Skills
- Limitation(s) on Enrollment
- Not open to students with credit in the Honors Program related course.