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Major Requirements

First Year

Course Title Quarter Hours
FILM 101FOUNDATIONS OF CINEMA FOR MAJORS4
FILM 105FOUNDATIONS OF TELEVISION4
FILM 110DIGITAL CINEMA PRODUCTION I4
FILM 131HISTORY OF CINEMA PRODUCTION4
POST 110EDITING I4
POST 128THE ART OF SOUND DESIGN AND FILM4
SCWR 101SCREENWRITING FOR MAJORS4
SCWR 110INCLUSIVE REPRESENTATION IN FILM & TV4

Second Year 

Course Title Quarter Hours
SCWR 120FILM STRUCTURE FOR MAJORS4
SCWR 151TELEVISION GENRES FOR MAJORS4
SCWR 240INTRODUCTION TO PITCHING4
SCWR 250DEVELOPING THE TELEVISION SERIES4
SCWR 301STORY DEVELOPMENT4
SCWR 302WRITING THE FEATURE SCREENPLAY4

Third Year

Course Title Quarter Hours
SCWR 303REWRITING THE FEATURE FILM SCRIPT4
or SCWR 310 ADVANCED SCREENWRITING LAB
SCWR 305WRITING ON ASSIGNMENT4
SCWR 307ADAPTATION4
SCWR 309CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT4
SCWR 341PITCHING SEMINAR4
SCWR 352WRITING THE HALF-HOUR SERIES4
or SCWR 353 WRITING THE HOUR-LONG TELEVISION SERIES
SCWR 360WRITING THE INDEPENDENT TELEVISION SERIES4
or SCWR 379 COMEDY, JOKE, AND SKETCH WRITING
or SCWR 349 STORYTELLING FOR VIDEO GAMES
SCWR 390TOPICS IN SCREENWRITING4
or MPOP 274 DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION IN CINEMA AND TELEVISION

Fourth Year

Course Title Quarter Hours
CP 310CREATIVE PRODUCING 4
or CP 366 THE BUSINESS OF TELEVISION
SCWR 306SCENE WRITING4
SCWR 342STUDIO DEVELOPMENT4
SCWR 354REWRITING THE ORIGINAL TELEVISION PILOT4
or SCWR 310 ADVANCED SCREENWRITING LAB
SCWR 355THE WRITERS' ROOM4
SCWR 397SCREENWRITING CAPSTONE I4
SCWR 398SCREENWRITING CAPSTONE II4

Open Electives

Open elective credit credit hours are required to meet the minimum graduation requirement of 192 hours. Open electives may be taken from any unit at DePaul.

Program Combination Restrictions

Students pursuing the BFA in Film and Television with a Concentration in Screenwriting are forbidden from pursuing the BA in Film and Television. Students pursuing the BFA in Film and Television with a Concentration in Screenwriting are also forbidden from pursuing the following Minor degrees: Comedy Filmmaking; Film Production; Screenwriting.