School of Communication and Media
Undergraduate

Term: Fall 2025
Session: Full Term (Aug 25 - Dec 12)
Start Date: Monday, Aug 25, 2025
End Date: Friday, Dec 12, 2025
Availability: On Campus
Day(s): Mon.
Time: 06:00 PM to 08:50 PM

The purpose of this course is to prepare students to write a feature length screenplay by introducing them to the building blocks of cinematic storytelling. By the end of the semester students should have a solid foundation in screenwriting format three act dramatic structure character conception and development the difference between plot and story and the best way to put all of this information to use in the actual writing of a treatment and screenplay. In this course students will write a treatment for a feature-length film (8-12 pages single-spaced) and the first act of that screenplay in master scenes form (25-30 pages).3 Credits