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Aug 26, 2025
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2025-2026 Course of Study Bulletin
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COMM - 1402 Introduction to Film Studies
Description
This course is an introduction to the artistic, cultural, and scholarly importance of film. The course focuses on the development of film as a complex art form, the evolution of narrative as part of a formal system, the development of the industry and film genres, critical and cultural approaches to film analysis, and the construction of the audience. Students will read excerpts from primary texts as well as more general texts dealing with film interpretation and criticism. (Also listed as FILM 1402 .)
Credits: 4
Course Level: Lower Division
Academic Level: Undergraduate
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