Film Studies Minor, Supporting Courses

List of department-approved supporting courses for the film studies minor.
(Last updated 8/31/2022)

CAS 415 Rhetoric of Film and Television
CAS 438 Rhetoric of Documentary
CHNS 121N Chinese Film and New Media
CHNS 410 Chinese through Film (Taught In Chinese)
CMLIT/ENGL/GER/JST 128N: The Holocaust in Film & Literature
CMLIT 153 International Cultures Through Literature & Film
COMM 431 Topics in Television Culture and Communication
COMM 451 Topics in American Film
COMM 452 Topics in International Cinema
COMM 453/CMLIT 453 Narrative Theory: Film & Literature
COMM 454 Documentary in Film & Television
COMM 455 Advanced Film Theory & Criticism
ENGL 260 Theory of Screenwriting
ENGL 403 Literature & Culture
FR 138N French Culture Through Film
FR 142: French Fiction, Drama and Film
FR 487 Topics in French Film History & Theory I 1895-1945 (Taught in French)
FR 488 Topics in French Film History & Theory II 1945-2002 (Taught in French)
GER 189N: German Film
GER 489 Introduction to German Film History & Theory in Context (Taught in German)
IT 225N: Organized Crime in Film and Society
IT 475 Modern Italian Literature & Cinema
JAPNS 121N: Japanese Film and New Media
JAPNS 453 Japanese Film (Taught in Japanese)
MUSIC 004 Film Music
PHIL 005 Philosophy, Art, and Film

To review requirements for the Film Studies Minor, please visit the Penn State Bulletin (link to bulletin: https://bulletins.psu.edu/undergraduate/colleges/bellisario-communications/film-studies-minor/#text)