Most of the taking of the photo is the same; the divergence comes after you store the image, whether on film or in a memory card. And it's possible to shoot on film, and then get high-resolution digital images from the negative. If I want reprints, it may be better to scan and send in the datafile to a digital-print lab. On the other hand,a bit of knowledge about the other side, whatever the emphasis of the course, would be a good thing, The difference between screen and paper is a lot like the difference between a transparency and a print, and also different in some significant ways.