Minor Requirements

Eligibility:
The Screenwriting Minor is open to all LMU undergraduate students.
A limited number of seats in the screenwriting gateway courses are available each semester.

Application Requirements

To be considered for admission, students must complete three prerequisite courses (10 semester hours), all of which apply toward the minor.

Prerequisite Courses (10 semester hours):

• SCWR 120 – Storytelling for the Screen (3 semester hours)
  – Must be completed with a grade of B or better

• FTVS 1010 – Art of Cinema (4 semester hours)
  OR
  FTVS 1020 – Art of Screen Media (4 semester hours)

• SCWR 220 – Feature Story Development (3 semester hours)
  – Must be completed with a grade of B or better

Details on the internal admission application process can be found here.

Minor Requirements – Total: 19 Semester Hours

Lower Division Courses (10 semester hours):

• FTVS 1010 – Art of Cinema (4 semester hours)
  OR
  FTVS 1020 – Art of Screen Media (4 semester hours)

• SCWR 120 – Storytelling for the Screen (3 semester hours)

• SCWR 220 – Feature Story Development (3 semester hours)

Upper Division Courses (9 semester hours):

• SCWR 320 – Feature Screenplay: Writing the First Draft (3 semester hours)

• SCWR 321 – Rewriting the Feature (3 semester hours)

Elective (Choose one – 3 semester hours):

• SCWR 325 – Writing the TV Situation Comedy

• SCWR 326 – Writing One-Hour Episodic TV

• SCWR 428 – Adaptation: One Medium to Another

• Other 300- or 400-level SCWR courses with permission of the Chairperson