Where Screenwriters are the Stars and Where Star Screenwriters Teach!
What Is the Screenwriting Sub-Major?
The Department of Film, Television, and Media (FTVM) offers a Screenwriting Sub-Major to FTVM majors who demonstrate a special talent for writing for the screen.
The Screenwriting Sub-Major is only available to declared FTVM majors and is not a major or a minor. The Screenwriting Sub-Major is a credential that goes on the student's transcript like an Honors credential.
How Can I Become a Screenwriting Sub-Major?
This merit-based credential is for an FTVM Major who has completed both FTVM 210 and FTVM 310 and has been recommended by their FTVM 310 instructor into FTVM 410: Screenwriting II: The Rewrite. Students currently enrolled in or have previously taken FTVM 410 and are on track to receive or have received a B- or higher can officially apply for the submajor.
Final approval for the Screenwriting sub-major is based on the student’s acceptance and successful completion of one more of the following screenwriting courses.
FTVM 311: Writing for TV- Pilots
FTVM 411: Writing for TV- Spec
FTVM 423: Collaborations and Partnerships (only if a student is selected as one of the screenwriters)
FTVM 427: Screenwriting III- Advanced Feature
Full Breakdown of the Screenwriting Sub-Major Requirements:
Our Screenwriitng Program brings in the top professional screenwriters and television writers in the industry.
Where can I learn more about screenwriting?
To learn more, read the attached profile of the Screenwriting Program as it appeared in WRITTEN BY, the official magazine of the Writers Guild of America.
The Donald Hall Collection
The Screenwriting Program offers amazing resources to inspire, enhance, and develop a student's potential in writing for the screen. The Department of Film, Television, and Media’ Donald Hall Collection contains a vast treasure of screenplays, TV scripts, and DVDs from historic eras to present day and both domestic and international. These resources help make writing for film and television an area of excellence within the FTVM major.
