JRNL 1949 — Covering Race in Pop Culture and the Media
4 semester hoursUndergraduateLectureNUpath DDNUpath ICtypical days: TBostonTraditional
Engages and revisits how lyrics, songs, movies, articles, and books inform race and how race informs them. As journalists are required to cover a myriad of subjects, it is vital to recognize the various ways in which race informs a cultural awareness. How do people infuse that awareness into what journalists do? Students read, watch movies, and listen to music, all through a lens of critical revision. Examines pop culture and media outputs that have influence over the creation of our perceptions of race while, at the same time, revise how race does and should influence information accessed through the media. Offers students an opportunity to produce high-quality short as well as narrative, long-form, feature-length articles.
Offering history
| Term | Sections | Enrolled | Capacity | Full | Open seats/section |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2023 | 1 | 10 | 30 | 33% | 20.0 |
| Spring 2026 | 1 | 14 | 30 | 47% | 16.0 |
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 0% · T 100% · W 0% · Th 0% · F 0%
Common patterns: T (100% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday
Professors
Fall
- Caleb Gayle (100% of students) · reviews
Spring
- Caleb Gayle (100% of students) · reviews
Percentages are each professor's average share of the season's enrolled students in recent terms.
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