Liberal Studies and Allied Arts

CERTIFICATE IN SCREENWRITING

This certificate, with some courses available online, is awarded to students who successfully complete three required courses and two additional 10-session electives (or equivalent) from the Screenwriting area, one of which must be a Screenplay Workshop.

 

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Required Courses
(3 of these courses are required)
 
       
The Screenwriter's Craft
If you're a screenwriter, or simply love the cinema and want to understand how the written word translates to screen, this class provides essential insight...

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  WRIT1-CE9661 $580  
Screenwriting III: Advanced
In this advanced writing workshop, emphasis is on developing new screenwriting material or revising a completed script. Each student receives individual attention during private interview...

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  WRIT1-CE9626 $640  
Master Class for Screenwriting Certificate Students
This final course in the Certificate in Screenwriting sequence is open to students who are about to complete the certificate program. Approximating the professional development...

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  WRIT1-CE9639 $580  
       
Screenplay Workshops
(1 of these courses are required)
 
       
Screenwriting I: An Introduction
Learn the basic elements of dramatic writing with an emphasis on theme, dialogue, and characterization. Take part in exercises that deal with conflict, exposition, crisis,...

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  WRIT1-CE9620 $580  
Screenwriting II: A Workshop
This workshop sharpens your screenwriting skills whether you're working on a new script, finishing an existing one, or pitching Hollywood or the independent filmmaking market....

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  WRIT1-CE9634 $580  
Creating Great Scenes: The Key to Cinematic Drama
The scene--the basic unit of great film and drama--is examined as students look at its construction in classical pieces from great films to understand what...

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  WRIT1-CE9642 $290  
Writing a Screenplay in 10 Weeks
This intensive writing course takes students from story idea to first draft of a feature-length screenplay in 10 weeks. Using accelerated techniques that focus on...

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  WRIT1-CE9692 $780  
Rewriting a Screenplay in 10 Weeks
This intensive workshop is for screenwriters with a first draft who are ready to begin the crucial process of rewriting. Class time is divided between...

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  WRIT1-CE9646 $780  
From Real Life to Reel Life
We have all heard people say, "Someone should make a movie out of what happened to me!" Most of these people get stuck, though, in...

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  WRIT1-CE9733 $340  
       
Other Applicable Electives
(1 of these courses are required)
 
       
Marketing Your Screenplay
What is the most effective way to get a completed script into the hands of producers and agents? How do you make sure you're submitting...

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  WRIT1-CE9637 $340  
       
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Andrea Grover

Adjunct associate professor, Humanities

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