BA in Screenwriting
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
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| CINE 101 | Christianity and the Creative Process 1 | 3 |
| CINE 119 | Introduction to Directing | 3 |
| CINE 174 | Introduction to Storytelling | 3 |
| CINE 260 | Cinema-TV Production I | 4 |
| CINE 280 | Writing the Short Screenplay | 3 |
| CINE 295 | Film and Television Business | 3 |
| CINE 375 | Writing 3: Screenwriting 2 | 3 |
| CINE 385 | Intermediate Screenwriting | 3 |
| CINE 485 | Advanced Screenwriting | 3 |
| CINE 496 | Ethics in Cinematic Arts | 3 |
| CINE 493 | Capstone Project in Cinematic Arts 3 | 3 |
| 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 Units | 46 | |
- 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.