Analysis and practice of various forms of writing for film, including argumentative writing, film reviews, critical texts, and essays. Of specialinterest to majors in film studies, English, and social sciences.

Prerequisites: Writing 2 or 2LK or 2E; upper-division standing.

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Units

Letter

Grading

1, 2, 3

Passtime

Upper division only

Level Limit

Letters and science

College
SAMUELS R D
Robert Samuels
3.5
21 reviews

Lecture

BUCHN1934
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14:00 PM - 15:15 PM
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Winter 2024 . Samuels R D
LSB 1101
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Winter 2024 . Samuels R D
LSB 1101
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12:30 PM - 13:45 PM
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WRIT 109F Samuels R D Winter 2024 Total: 46
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WRIT109F . Samuels R D 8 Months Ago

I am an international student but I really love this professor. I think he is the best professor and so far my favorite professor I have encountered in UCSB. His lecture is extremely funny and full with information outside of the classroom. It is interesting to listen to and I learned a lot. He is a very sweet and nice professor!

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WRIT109F . Samuels R D 2 Years Ago

Loved this class. Just write your first paper really well and it'll be easy sailing from there. He cares a lot about sentence variety, using semi-colons, and avoiding run-on sentences. Do that for your first paper and you will literally have to do nothing for the rest of the quarter.

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109SS . Samuels R D 6 Months Ago

He is my favorite professor that I have had at UCSB! I believe that everyone should take his courses! After just a few weeks in his course, I feel that my writing has improved tremendously; additionally, I have had the opportunity to re-learn how to write grammatically correctly and use semi-colons properly.

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109SS . Samuels R D 6 Months Ago

i'm in this class currently and this guy is literally the best professor ever.

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105R . Samuels R D 10 Months Ago

Although his tangents seemed seemingly unrelated to most things, if you listen carefully you can figure out his main point lol. Lots of back and forth discussion between him and the class, very engaging at least. All papers are eligible to be revised for a better grade and he does individual meetings to give personal feedback. Overall good!

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105R . Samuels R D 11 Months Ago

I overall enjoyed this class and felt like I learned a lot. He heavily emphasizes the need to learn grammar rules so I needed to brush up on some of those skills. I see negative feedback on here but I'm not sure where that is coming from. He also allows corrections on papers at the end of the quarter to receive a higher grade

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25 / 25 Full
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15:30 PM - 16:45 PM
76.0% A
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14:00 PM - 15:15 PM
76.0% A
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24 / 24 Full
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14:00 PM - 15:15 PM
69.2% A
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25 / 25 Full
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M W
14:00 PM - 15:15 PM
76.0% A
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25 / 25 Full
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Houser V G
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09:30 AM - 10:45 AM
76.0% A
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25 / 25 Full
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Patrick McHugh 4.6
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15:30 PM - 16:45 PM
60.4% A