Course Info

SCWR 151: Television Genres for Majors

This analytical course examines the screenplay's evolution to the screen from a writer's perspective. Students will read scripts of varying genres and then perform a critical analysis and comparison of the text to the final produced versions of the series. Storytelling conventions such as structure, character development, theme, and tension will be used to uncover alterations and how these adjustments ultimately impacted the show's reception. In addition to series of various genres, students will examine shows by, for, and about a diverse range of intersectional characters and creators reflective of our communities.

Fall 2025-2026

  • Section: 401
  • Class number: 13254
  • Meeting time: Tu 1:30PM - 4:45PM
  • Location: CDM 00218 at Loop Campus
  • Instructor: Nathan DeWitt | View syllabus

Spring 2024-2025

  • Section: 601
  • Class number: 32785
  • Meeting time: M 1:30PM - 4:45PM
  • Location: LEWIS 01105 at Loop Campus
  • Instructor: Nathan DeWitt | View syllabus

Winter 2024-2025

  • Section: 501
  • Class number: 23004
  • Meeting time: Tu 1:30PM - 4:45PM
  • Location: CDM 00228 at Loop Campus
  • Instructor: Nathan DeWitt | View syllabus

Fall 2024-2025

  • Section: 401
  • Class number: 15003
  • Meeting time: Tu 1:30PM - 4:45PM
  • Location: CDM 00218 at Loop Campus
  • Instructor: Nathan DeWitt | View syllabus
    • CLOSED

Spring 2023-2024

  • Section: 601
  • Class number: 32718
  • Meeting time: M 1:30PM - 4:45PM
  • Location: LEWIS 01105 at Loop Campus
  • Instructor: Nathan DeWitt | View syllabus

Winter 2023-2024

  • Section: 501
  • Class number: 23022
  • Meeting time: Tu 1:30PM - 4:45PM
  • Location: CDM 00228 at Loop Campus
  • Instructor: Nathan DeWitt | View syllabus

Fall 2023-2024

  • Section: 401
  • Class number: 13506
  • Meeting time: Tu 1:30PM - 4:45PM
  • Location: CDM 00218 at Loop Campus
  • Instructor: Nathan DeWitt | View syllabus
    • CLOSED

Spring 2022-2023

  • Section: 601
  • Class number: 39803
  • Meeting time: M 1:30PM - 4:45PM
  • Location: 14EAS 00206 at Loop Campus
  • Instructor: Nathan DeWitt | View syllabus

Winter 2022-2023

  • Section: 501
  • Class number: 28996
  • Meeting time: Tu 1:30PM - 4:45PM
  • Location: CDM 00228 at Loop Campus
  • Instructor: Nathan DeWitt | View syllabus

Fall 2022-2023

  • Section: 401
  • Class number: 23903
  • Meeting time: Tu 1:30PM - 4:45PM
  • Location: CDM 00218 at Loop Campus
  • Instructor: Nathan DeWitt | View syllabus
    • CLOSED

Spring 2021-2022

  • Section: 601
  • Class number: 37187
  • Meeting time: M 1:30PM - 4:45PM
  • Location: 14EAS 00206 at Loop Campus
  • Instructor: Nathan DeWitt | View syllabus

Winter 2021-2022

  • Section: 501
  • Class number: 28701
  • Meeting time: Tu 1:30PM - 4:45PM
  • Location: CDM 00228 at Loop Campus
  • Instructor: Nathan DeWitt | View syllabus

Spring 2020-2021

  • Section: 601
  • Class number: 30310
  • Meeting time: M 1:30PM - 4:45PM
  • Location: Online: Sync
  • Instructor: Nathan DeWitt | View syllabus
    • CLOSED