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This course explores hypertext and electronic literature. Students consider the nature and form of major literary archive projects and experiment with hypertext writing and design for new media.

This course introduces the critical study of film, exploring theoretical, historical, and technical concerns while presenting a survey of important film genres. This is not just a film appreciation class.

This course looks back even as it looks forward, considering how printed texts and reading practices are transformed by the digital, in addition to examining more revolutionary digital media.

In this course, we will discuss and write about issues relevant to the subject of higher education. We will begin by examining various philosophies of education, thinking about the role of colleges and universities in our society.

Why do documentary films get made? What do their makers hope these films will do in the world? Does the film released in a multiplex do something categorically different in the world from the one released online? How do stories get told across what might otherwise just be a series of talking heads?