COMM 2750 — Beyond Television

4 semester hoursUndergraduateLectureNUpath EIusually offered: springtypical days: WBostonTraditional

Designed to teach students how to conceive, pitch, write an outline, and complete a script for a cutting-edge half-hour comedy pilot or drama that might appear on Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, and other emerging, nonlinear networks. Emphasizes the differences and similarities between writing content for streaming vs. broadcasting. Culminates in a final project, in which small groups of students complete an episodic show that will be judged by a panel of professional television writers. Course objectives are achieved through reading professional scripts, critically viewing television content, and participating in group writing assignments and “table reads.” .

Offering history

Term	Sections	Enrolled	Capacity	Full	Open seats/section
Spring 2024	1	13	16	81%	3.0
Spring 2025	1	16	16	100%	0.0
Spring 2026	1	10	16	63%	6.0

Snapshots from scheduled scrapes — not live seat availability. "Full" can exceed 100% when sections over-enroll.

Meeting times

Share of recent sections by weekday: M 26% · T 0% · W 100% · Th 26% · F 0%

Common patterns: W (74% of sections), MWR (26% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday

Professors

Spring

William Lancaster (100% of students) · reviews

Percentages are each professor's average share of the season's enrolled students in recent terms.

Links

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