TDPS 346 - Screenwriting

Credit Hours: 4
Frequency of Offering: Offered in alternate years, usually in the fall semester

This course introduces students to the art of screenwriting through the study of screenplays, films, and basic techniques and forms of the screenwriter. The main project for this class is writing and revising a major screenwriting project. Students work through the various stages of screenplay writing: researching the subject, pitching the idea to the class, writing a treatment, developing biographies for characters, developing an outline of scenes, and work-shopping multiple drafts of the script with classmates.

Course Satisfies: This course may be used to satisfy an elective requirement for the English major.