Bachelor of Fine Arts – Screenwriting

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Bachelor of Fine Arts – Screenwriting

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BFA Degree Total 121 credits
Filmmaking Course Total 85 credits
General Education Course Total1 30 credits
Liberal Arts or Designated Arts Course Total2 6 credits

1General Education requirements:
3 credits FYS 1100: First Year Seminar
3 credits ENG 1200: Writing About...
3 credits HUM 2101: Self, Society, and Cosmos
3 credits HUM 2102-2112: Paths to the Present
3 credits Natural Science/Mathematics requirement (fulfilled by MAT or SCI class)
3 credits Literature/Writing requirement (fulfilled by LIT or WRI course at 2000 or 3000 level)
3 credits Social/Behavioral Science requirement (fulfilled by HIS, PSY, or SOC class)
3 credits Humanities/Fine Arts requirement (fulfilled by any of the following areas of study: ARH, ARM, HUM, and THH classes as well as designated Arts classes outside of the student’s major)
6 credits General Education courses (two 3-credit hour courses from among any of the following areas of study offered in the Division of Liberal Arts, including ARH, ARM, COM, FRE, GER, HIS, HUM, ITA, LIT, MAT, MST, PHI, PSY, SCI, SOC, THH, WRI, or designated Arts classes outside of the student’s major)

2The School of Filmmaking requires two additional 3-credit Liberal Arts or Designated Arts courses (for a total of 6 credit hours). These may be taken earlier than Year Four, but we strongly recommend that they only be taken in semesters when the student is registered for one Gen Ed requirement.

3Year Two generalists must take the following in the Fall: Intensive Arts, Classics of World Cinema, Year 2 Development & Collaboration, plus two “workshop” courses (one course each in your 1st and 2nd choice concentrations (Cinematography, Directing, Editing, Producing, or Screenwriting). In the Spring, you must take one Cinema Studies class, Year 2 Production & Critique, and again two workshops in your 1st and 2nd choice concentrations.

4All Screenwriting students must complete a minimum of 10 credit hours of film/arts elective coursework as part of the required credit hours towards this degree. Elective course credits may be fulfilled by any of the following: FIM 33XX, FIM 37XX, FIM 4088, FAN XX98, FAR XX98, FIM XX98, as well as permitted Arts classes outside of the student’s concentration.