Screenwriting Course Path

Required course

• FT310 STORYTELLING FOR FILM AND TELEVISION

For Film

• FT 411 SCREENWRITING I TACKLING THE FEATURE-LENGTH SCREENPLAY(PRE-REQ FT310)
• FT 412 SCREENWRITING II WRITING A FULL FEATURE-LENGTH SCREENPLAY(PRE-REQ FT411)
• FT 542 ADV. SCREENWRITING II WRITING A FULL FEATURE-LENGTH SCREENPLAY(PRE-REQ FT411)
• FT 582 NARRATIVE SHORT (PRE-REQ FT310)
• FT 552 PRODUCING WRITING THE SHORT (PRE-REQ FT310)

For Television

• FT 512 WRITING EPISODIC DRAMA FOR TELEVISION (PRE-REQ FT310)
• FT 514 WRITING THE TELEVISION PILOT (PRE-REQ FT512 OR FT522)
• FT 522 WRITING TELEVISION SITCOM SCRIPTS (PRE-REQ FT310)
• FT 516 WRITING THE SITCOM PILOT (PRE-REQ FT512 OR FT522)

Suggested electives

In addition to finding their way up the ladder of screenwriting courses, students with an interest in writing should take advantage of the breadth of subjects offered at the university. Each semester, thousands of courses are offered at BU in scores of departments. Here is a way to sort through this vast array of resources by topic. Keep in mind that there may be prerequisites to some of these courses.

Psychology

• PS 101 – General Psychology
• PS 370 – Psychology of the Family

American Studies

• AM 200 – Introduction to American Studies

History

(Examples that might be relevant to students’ projects)

• HI 152 – The United States Since 1865
• HI 211 – The Age of Discoveries
• HI 218 – History of Contemporary Europe
• HI 221 – Catastrophe and cultural Memory
• HI 222 – Science and Technology in World History
• HI 271 – The Nazis
• HI 281 – American Governance: Foreign Aairs, Politics and Presidents in the 20th Century
• HI 303 – Sex, Love & Family
• HI 338 – 20th C United States, 1945- 1968
• HI 361 – Black Radical Thought
• HI 384 – History of Genocide
• JO 479 – Impact of Darwin
• HI 484 – Revolutionary Change in Middle East
• HI 486 – Islamic History
• HI 537 – World War II

Anthropology

• AN 101 – Introduction to Cultural Anthropology

English

Any literature courses, British, English (or Foreign)

• CAS EN 510 – Playwriting I: Writing of Short Plays

Sociology

• SO 205 – American Families
• SO 207 – Sociology of Race and Ethnicity
• SO 241 – Sociology of Gender
• SO 318 – Sociology of Childhood and Youth
• SO 333 – The Workplace

Theater Arts

• CFA TH 224 – Fundamentals of Acting: Narrative and Imagery

Other disciplines to explore: Latin American Studies; Middle East and North; Africa Studies; Political Science; and Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies

Students are urged to be creative and adventurous in their course selections.
Any area of inquiry has the potential to add to their personal and professional development.