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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
CP 366THE BUSINESS OF TELEVISION4
FILM 115TELEVISION PRODUCTION I4
FILM 250CINEMATOGRAPHY I4
SCWR 151TELEVISION GENRES FOR MAJORS4
SCWR 240INTRODUCTION TO PITCHING4
SCWR 250DEVELOPING THE TELEVISION SERIES4
SCWR 360WRITING THE INDEPENDENT TELEVISION SERIES4
SCWR 365SHOWRUNNING I4

Third Year

Course Title Quarter Hours
CP 360PRODUCING TELEVISION4
SCWR 309CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT4
SCWR 352WRITING THE HALF-HOUR SERIES4
SCWR 353WRITING THE HOUR-LONG TELEVISION SERIES4
SCWR 361PRODUCING THE INDEPENDENT TELEVISION SERIES4
SCWR 362MARKETING AND DISTRIBUTING THE INDEPENDENT TELEVISION SERIES4

Fourth Year

Course Title Quarter Hours
SCWR 341PITCHING SEMINAR4
SCWR 342STUDIO DEVELOPMENT4
or MPOP 274 DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION IN CINEMA AND TELEVISION
SCWR 354REWRITING THE ORIGINAL TELEVISION PILOT4
SCWR 355THE WRITERS' ROOM4
SCWR 366SHOWRUNNING II4
SCWR 397SCREENWRITING CAPSTONE I4
SCWR 398SCREENWRITING CAPSTONE II4

Open Electives

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