BA in Screenwriting

APU’s intensive screenwriting major equips students for professional writing careers in the entertainment industry.

46 units

Students with a passion for storytelling embrace the screenwriting major, which equips them to write for mainstream Hollywood films and television series. After learning the basics of production, students dive into an intensive sequence of courses taught by produced writers, active professionals, and scholars practicing the best of historic and contemporary narrative dramatic structure. The program culminates in writing original screenplays or pilots that are often pitched to be produced as student films by APU’s nationally recognized, award-winning production teams.

Requirements

CINE 101Christianity and the Creative Process 13
CINE 119Introduction to Directing3
CINE 174Introduction to Storytelling3
CINE 260Cinema-TV Production I4
CINE 280Writing the Short Screenplay3
CINE 295Film and Television Business3
CINE 375Writing 3: Screenwriting 23
CINE 385Intermediate Screenwriting3
CINE 485Advanced Screenwriting3
CINE 496Ethics in Cinematic Arts3
CINE 493Capstone Project in Cinematic Arts 33
Select one of the following:3
History of Television and Digital Media 1
History of Film 1
Select two of the following:6
Sketch Comedy for the Writer/Performer
Television Writing: Episodic Drama
Television Writing: Situation Comedy
Select one of the following:3
Topics in Cinema and History
Contemporary Auteurs
Genre Studies
Topics in Film Analysis
Total Units46
1

Meets the General Education Humanities: Fine Arts requirement.

2

Meets the General Education Writing 3 requirement.

3

Meets the General Education Integrative and Applied Learning requirement.