The School of Film and Television offers a minor in Screenwriting open to all LMU undergraduate students. A limited number of seats are available every semester.
To be considered, students are required to complete three prerequisite courses, all of which apply directly to program requirements. More details on applying to the Screenwriting program can be found here.
Beginning in Spring 2022, prerequisites for admission to the Screenwriting minor are as follows
- SCWR 120 Storytelling for the Screen (3 semester hours), 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), completed with a grade of B+ or better
The minor is 19 semester hours consisting of:
- Select between:
- FTVS 1010 - Art of Cinema (4 semester hours)
OR - FTVS 1020 - Art of Screen Media (4 semester hours)
- FTVS 1010 - Art of Cinema (4 semester hours)
- SCWR 120 - Storytelling for the Screen (3 semester hours)
- SCWR 220 - Feature Story Development (3 semester hours)
- SCWR 320 - Feature Screenplay: Writing the First Draft (3 semester hours)
- SCWR 321 - Rewriting the Feature (3 semester hours)
- One elective course (3 semester hours) chosen from:
- SCWR 325 - Writing the TV Situation Comedy (3 semester hours)
- SCWR 326 - Writing One-Hour Episodic TV (3 semester hours)
- SCWR 428 - Adaptation: One Medium to Another (3 semester hours)
- Other 300- and 400-level courses by permission of Chairperson