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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Students learn the elements of a screenwriter's craft by studying scripts. The course focuses on how scriptwriters develop engaging and believable characters, how they build conflict, how they create and build tension and suspense, and how they write effective dialogue. Prerequisite: SCPT 2900 OR permission of the instructor.
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3.00 Credits
These courses are offered periodically to feature topics in scriptwriting not covered by regularly offered courses. May be repeated for credit, if content differs. Prerequisite may vary with topic.
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3.00 Credits
Analyzing successful current and classic television series, students learn the basic principles of writing for television drama and comedy. The course examines the structure of television genres, including situation comedies, dramatic programs, and made-for-TV movies. Other topics include: characterization, pacing, scene construction, dialogue, and action. The final project consists of writing a television script. Prerequisite: SCPT 2900.
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3.00 Credits
Students learn the essential elements of a successful script for a feature film, including how to structure an effective narrative, how to create engaging characters, how to develop and maintain suspense and tension, and how to engage an audience's emotional response. Students will write a finished script for the first act of a feature film. Prerequisite: SCPT 2900 or for film majors only, FILM 2320.
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3.00 Credits
Students learn the development of the screenplay, including script proposals, adaptation of scripts from other material, and the process of revising screenplays. Prerequisite: SCPT 3500.
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3.00 Credits
Each section of this course focuses on one specific television genre (i.e., situation comedy, domestic drama, science fiction, daytime drama). Students learn the structure of the genre as well as conventions, plot, pacing, dialogue, and characterization. Students will write and revise scripts suitable to the genre. May be repeated for credit if the genre differs. Prerequisite: SCPT 3400.
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3.00 Credits
An advanced course that focuses on narrative techniques and stylistic considerations involved in scriptwriting. Students work on projects, culminating in the completion of finished feature-length screenplays. Prerequisite: SCPT 3500. May be repeated for credit.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
A beginning-level course offered in a variety of formats. Teaches listening comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing skills. The goal is to develop basic linguistic structures and vocabularies for specific needs: e.g., travel, business, medicine, law enforcement. May be repeated once for credit with permission of department chair.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
A continuation of SPAN 1070. Prerequisite: SPAN 1070 or equivalent. May be repeated once for credit with permission of department chair.
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1.00 - 4.00 Credits
Develops listening comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing skills. The goal is fluency in basic Spanish structures needed for expression in everyday situations. May be repeated once for credit with permission of department chair.
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