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ENG 380. Introduction to Film

Cross listed with: SMAD 380  
Credits 3.00 PeopleSoft Course ID 013448 Grading Basis GRD

An introduction to the study of film as an aesthetic practice, including formal and industrial aspects of film analysis, theoretical approaches to film and writing and research methodologies of film and media studies.