Screenwriting Department

Writing for film and television has been a traditional focus in the School of Film and Television. Progressing from the core courses, the writing student must complete a final thesis project which may be either feature length screenplays and/or a series presentation for television (which includes the basic concept, character studies, short story lines for thirteen episodes, and the pilot script). Before undertaking the thesis project (Writing/SCWR 69-691) the student must come before the Thesis Committee to advance to candidacy based upon the work completed towards this goal. Once advanced to candidacy, the student must take SCWR 690 (with the instructor of record) and SCWR 691 (with the instructor of record) until the project is completed and signed off by the Graduate Director and Chair of the School in order to successfully complete the requirements for the M.F.A. degree. The Thesis Committee form adopted by the School must be obtained from the Graduate Director and signed by all committee members in order for the student to be advanced to candidacy.

For complete course descriptions download the Graduate Bulletin, which requires Acrobat. Click here to download from the Adobe website. You may also contact Mary Abshire, Administrative Assistant for Graduate SFTV programs, at 310.338.5991.