Undergraduate Bulletin

Bachelor of Fine Arts – Screenwriting

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BFA Degree Total 123 credits

Filmmaking Total 81 credits Liberal Arts Total 42 credits

Year One
Fall	Spring		Credits per Semester |  Total Credits
FIM 5599		Intensive Arts	1 - 1
FIM 1001		Fundamentals of Production Design	1 - 1
FIM 1101	FIM 1102	Fundamentals of Screenwriting I [II is optional]	2 [2] 2
FIM 1201	FIM 1202	Fundamentals of Directing I & II	2 2 4
FIM 1311	FIM 1312	Short Film (Fall); American Cinema (Spring)	3 3 6
FIM 1401	FIM 1402	Fundamentals of Producing I & II	1 1 2
FIM 1611	FIM 1612	Fundamentals of Picture Editing I & II	1 2 3
	FIM 1622	Fundamentals of Sound Design	- 1 1
FIM 1801		Fundamentals of Cinematography	2 - 2
ENG 1101	ENG 1102	Composition I & II	3 3 6
MAT/SCI		Math or Science Elective	3 - 3
	ARH 1XXX	Art History Elective	- 3 3
Year One Total			19 15 34
Year Two
Fall	Spring
FIM 5599		Intensive Arts1	1 - 1
FIM 2311	FIM 33XX	Classics of World Cinema (Fall); Cinema Studies (Spr)	3 3 6
FIM 2501	FIM 2502	Interdisciplinary Visual Storytelling I & II	2 2 4
Plus two of the following each semester:
FIM 2101	FIM 2102	Screenwriting Workshop I & II	[2] [2] [4]
FIM 2201	FIM 2202	Directing Workshop I & II	[2] [2] [4]
FIM 2401	FIM 2402	Developing the Short (Fall); Progress to Prod.(Spr)	[2] [2] [4]
FIM 2601	FIM 2602	Developing the Editor's Eye I & II	[2] [2] [4]
FIM 2801	FIM 2802	Cinematography Workshop I & II	[2] [2] [4]
HUM 2101		Self, Society and Cosmos	3 - 3
	HUM 21XX	Paths to the Present (choose one course)	- 3 3
LIT/WRI		Literature or Writing Elective	3 - 3
		Liberal Arts Elective	- 3 3
Year Two Total			16 15 31
Year Three
Fall	Spring
FIM 5599		Intensive Arts	1 - 1
FIM 3111	FIM 3112	Intermediate Screenwriting IA & IB	2 2 4
FIM 3121	FIM 3122	Intermediate Screenwriting IIB	2 2 4
FIM 3171	FIM 3172	Feature Screenplay Project I & II	3 3 6
FIM 33XX, FIM 37XX		Cinema Studies, Film Electives,	2 3 5
FIM 4088, or FIM XX98		Independent Study, or Special Topics Courses2
PHI/PSY		Philosophy or Psychology Elective	3 - 3
	HUM/HIS	Humanities or History Elective	- 3 3
		Liberal Arts Elective	3 - 3
		Liberal Arts Elective	- 3 3
Year Three Total			16 16 32
Year Four
Fall	Spring
FIM 5599		Intensive Arts	1 - 1
FIM 4111	FIM 4112	Advanced Screenwriting IA & IB	2 2 4
FIM 4121	FIM 4122	Advanced Screenwriting IIA & IIB	2 2 4
FIM 4171	FIM 4172	Advanced Feature Screenplay Project I & II	3 3 6
FIM 33XX, FIM 37XX		Cinema Studies, Film Electives,	2 3 5
FIM 4088, or FIM XX98		Independent Study, or Special Topics Courses2
		Liberal Arts Elective	3 - 3
		Liberal Arts Elective	- 3 3
Year Four Total			13 13 26

¹ Yr Two generalists must take the following in the Fall: Intensive Arts, Classics of World Cinema, Interdisciplinary Visual Storytelling I, 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 3-credit Cinema Studies class, Interdisciplinary Visual Storytelling II, and again two workshops in your 1st and 2nd choice concentrations. Strongly recommended: 2 Liberal Arts classes each semester in order to be on track towards degree.

² All Screenwriting students must complete a minimum of 10 credit hours of arts elective coursework as part of the required 81 Filmmaking credit hours towards this degree. We recommend that you select these electives in consultation with your film advisor/mentor.