2024-2025 Catalog

Film Video Media: Screenwriting Certificate

Great films start with character and story, so needless to say, our most talented writers have a strong fan base. Screenwriting majors create short film scripts they can market to producers and directors via the school’s established filmmaking architecture. Beyond this, screenwriters develop scripts for television, feature films, web series and interactive games in focused courses that emphasize process, structure, story and character. A Screenwriting major can graduate with a strong portfolio of scripts and teleplays to market to producers and financiers of features and series alike.

Certificate Requirements:  51 credits 

General Education: 6 credits

English

ENG 1021English Composition I (GT-CO1)

3

Ethnic Studies

ETH 2000Introduction to Ethnic Studies (GT-SS3)

3

Film Video Media Core: 15 credits

FVM 1003Pre-Production I

3

FVM 1005Video Production I

3

FVM 1017Understanding the Actor's Process

3

FVM 1050Development of Film Expression

3

FVM 1060Video Post-Production I

3

Screenwriting Emphasis: 30 credits

FVM 1018Screen Actor Improvisation

3

FVM 1055Writing the Short Script

3

 

FVM 2002Film/Video Business

3

Or

FVM 2016Producing the Independent Film

3

 

FVM 2036Creative Producing

3

 

FVM 2022Writing the Web Series

3

Or

FVM 2032Writing the TV Pilot

3

Or

FVM 2042Writing the TV Spec Script

3

Or

FVM 2043Writing for Interactive Games

3

 

FVM 2051Feature Script Analysis

3

 

FVM 2052Writing the Independent Film

3

Or

FVM 2062Writing the Hollywood Feature

3

 

FVM 2068Feature Rewrites Workshop

3

FVM 2069Screenwriter's Workshop

3

 

Choose one from the list below:

FVM 1025Women in Film

3

FVM 1026Hollywood Shuffle/Black Cinema

3

FVM 1027LGBTQ Voices in Film

3

FVM 1181Topics in Film Studies

3

FVM 1183Italian Neo-Realism and French New Wave Cinema

3

FVM 1184Landmarks of Cinema

3

FVM 1185The Documentary Film

3

FVM 1186The Horror Film

3

FVM 1187The Science Fiction Film

3

FVM 1188The Comedy Film

3