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COMM 250Film History and Theory

3 credits · Communications · Penn State

This is an intermediate film studies course that teaches the student to consider various theoretical approaches to the analysis of film, and to the moving image in general. The course familiarizes the student with formal analysis as a foundation for these various approaches, which include authorship, feminism, cultural studies, realism/montage theory, genre theory, and cultural difference theory.

Before you enroll

Prerequisites

From the catalog: “COMM 150”

Counts toward

General education

Arts (GA)

Where it fits

Where it sits in degree plans

Suggested plans most often put it in Year 2 · Spring (1 program).

Required in (1)

  • Film Studies, Minor

One of the options in (4)

  • Communications, B.A. (Altoona)
  • Communications, B.A. (Capital)
  • Keystone Certificate for Integrative Humanities, Certificate
  • Media Studies, Minor
What it opens up

Courses that list COMM 250 as a prerequisite (4)