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Screenwriting (VACSE)

Award: Certificate of achievement

Program location: Elkhorn Valley Campus

This certificate of achievement provides students with an in-depth opportunity to learn writing for the screen in traditional media, short and feature film, and new media. Students may seek employment in the production industry as a commercial screenwriter, corporate/industrial screenwriter, or as an independent screenwriter. NOTE: This certificate of achievement leads to a general studies degree.

Graduation Requirements

General education

18.0

Major requirements

33.0

Total credit hours required

51.0

General education requirements (18.0 credit hrs.)

Communications

ENGL 1010English Composition IONLINEHYBRID

4.5

ENGL 1020English Composition IIONLINEHYBRID

4.5

Humanities

HUMS 2310Film History and AppreciationONLINE

4.5

Quantitative/numeracy skills

Mathematics

4.5

Major requirements for Video/Audio Communications Arts – Screenwriting (33.0 credit hrs.)

Courses

ENGL 1310Creative Writing

4.5

ENGL 2480Introduction to Drama Literature I

4.5

PHOT 1500Moving Image Lab

6.0

THEA 2010Script Analysis

4.5

THEA 2020Fundamentals of Acting I

4.5

VACA 1110Introduction to Scriptwriting

4.5

VACA 2120Screenwriting Principles

4.5