Undergraduate Bulletin

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

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		Fundamentals of Screenwriting I	2 - 2
	FIM 1102	Fundamentals of Screenwriting II [optional]	- [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
FYS 1100		First Year Seminar	3 - 3
	ENG 1200	Writing About...	- 3 3
		General Education Requirement1	- 3 3
Year One Total			16 15 31
Year Two
Fall	Spring
FIM 5599		Intensive Arts3	1 - 1
FIM 2311		Classics of World Cinema	3 - 3
	FIM 33XX	Cinema Studies	- 3 3
FIM 2511		Year 2 Development & Collaboration	3 - 3
	FIM 2512	Year 2 Film Production & Critique	- 2 2
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		Conceiving and Developing the Short Film	[2] - [2]
	FIM 2402	Progress to Production	- [2] [2]
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
		General Education Requirements1	3 3 6
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 IIA & IIB	2 2 4
FIM 3171	FIM 3172	Feature Screenplay Practicum I & II	4 4 8
		Cinema Studies, Film Electives, Independent Study, or Special Topics Courses4	2 3 5
		General Education Requirements1	3 - 3
		General Education Requirements1	3 3 6
Year Three Total			17 14 31
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 Practicum I & II	4 4 8
		Cinema Studies, Film Electives, Independent Study, or Special Topics Courses4	2 3 5
		Designated Arts or Liberal Arts Courses2	3 3 6
Year Four Total			14 14 28

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.