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FILM TV 10A

American Television History

Lecture/screenings, four hours; discussion, one hour. Critical survey of American television history from its inception to present. Examination of interrelationships between program forms, industrial paradigms, social trends, and culture. Starting with television's hybrid origins in radio, theater, and film, contextualization, viewing, and discussion of key television shows, as well as Hollywood films that comment on radio and television. Consideration of television programs and series in terms of sociocultural issues (consumerism, lifestyle, gender, race, national identity) and industrial practice (programming, policy, regulation, business). Letter grading.

Course statistics

Predicted GPA
3.71
n = 126 · 2 terms · ± 0.046
A range
80%
of letter grades
Taken P/NP
0%
— of those passed
D / F / W
0.8%
incl. withdrawals

Sections in Fall 2026

Not offered in Fall 2026.

Enrollment history

Final enrollment per term, averaged across that term's sections. Four years deep, summer excluded. Per-section live curves are on each section page.

  • 4323S
  • 4024W
Enrolment by term: 23S 43, 24W 40
Peak 43 Most recent 40 in 24W 2 terms on record

Grade distribution

  • A+ 40 · 31.7%
  • A 41 · 32.5%
  • A- 20 · 15.9%
  • B+ 11 · 8.7%
  • B 4 · 3.2%
  • B- 3 · 2.4%
  • C+ 2 · 1.6%
  • C 2 · 1.6%
  • C- 2 · 1.6%
  • F 1 · 0.8%

Grey bars are non-letter outcomes — P/NP, S/U, incompletes. They are excluded from the GPA entirely rather than scored, because counting a P as a 4.0 would be a fabrication.

By instructor

Instructor Predicted Raw n Terms A range
MANN, DENISE R 3.61 3.60 80 2 73%
VILLAREJO, AMY 3.85 3.89 46 1 93%

“Predicted” is shrunk toward the course average, which is itself shrunk toward the department — so an instructor with a handful of students sits near the course mean rather than topping the list.

By term