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The Dramatic Writing B.F.A. Program
Academic Requirements
In addition to meeting general degree requirements, dramatic writing majors must successfully complete the following requirements (99 credits), as outlined below by semester and year.
Of the 99 credits, 91 are professional credits. (DRA 2780 counts as professional credit.) The remaining 8 credits (in DRA 2200 or the upper-level CIN, DRA, or LIT elective; and in DRA 2880) count toward the 30-credit liberal arts requirement. DRA 2880 also satisfies the Humanities general education requirement.
Students must maintain a 3.0 (B) GPA in courses required for the major. Each student’s progress is evaluated by the Dramatic Writing Board of Study at the end of each semester, at which time the board determines whether the student may advance to the next year.
Freshman Year | Sophomore Year | Junior Year | Senior Year
| Freshman Year: 24 credits | |
| Fall: | 8 credits |
| DWR 1010/Dramatic Writing II: Screenwriting | 4 credits |
| TFI 2760/Cinematic Expression I | 4 credits |
| Spring: | 16 credits |
| DWR 1000/Dramatic Writing I: Playwriting | 4 credits |
| DWR 1250/Plays and Playgoing I | 4 credits |
| DWR 2000/Dramatic Writing III: Screenwriting | 4 credits |
| TFI 2770/Cinematic Expression II | 4 credits |
| Sophomore Year: 33 credits | |
| Fall: | 19 credits |
| DWR 2010/Dramatic Writing IV: Playwriting | 4 credits |
| DWR 2100/Screenplay Analysis | 4 credits |
| DWR 2250/Plays and Playgoing II | 4 credits |
| DWR 2500/The Collaborative Process I | 3 credits |
| DRA 2880/History of the Theatre | 4 credits |
| Spring: | 14 credits |
| DWR 2310/Acting for Writers | 3 credits |
| DWR 2510/The Collaborative Process II | 3 credits |
| DRA 2200/Introduction to Shakespeare or one upper-level CIN, LIT, or DRA elective |
4 credits |
| DRA 2780/History of the Modern Theatre | 4 credits |
| Junior Year: 20 credits | |
| Fall: | 12 credits |
| DWR 3000/Dramatic Writing V: Screenwriting | 4 credits |
| DWR 3105/Writers’ Scene Workshop I: Writing | 4 credits |
| DWR 3120/The Writer and the Documentary | 4 credits |
| Spring: | 8 credits |
| DWR 3010/Dramatic Writing VI: Playwriting or DWR 3015/Dramatic Writing VI: Screenwriting |
4 credits |
| DWR 3115/Writers’ Scene Workshop II: Production | 4 credits |
| Senior Year: 22 credits | |
| Fall: | 12 credits |
| DWR 4000/Writing for Television | 4 credits |
| DWR 4170/Senior Seminar | 4 credits |
| DWR 4180/Senior Project: Playwriting or DWR 4190/Senior Project: Screenwriting |
4 credits |
| Spring: | 10 credits |
| DWR 4100/The Business of Writing | 2 credits |
| DWR 4171/Senior Seminar* | 4 credits |
| DWR 4181/Senior Project: Playwriting* or DWR 4191/Senior Project: Screenwriting* |
4 credits |
| *Part Two | |
Updated June 5, 2008
