B.F.A. in Dramatic Writing
Savannah, USA
DURATION
180 Hours
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
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TUITION FEES
USD 41,130 *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* total, full-time student for one academic year
Introduction
Mirroring the professional practices of the entertainment industry, you’ll develop your own stories for live, online, and streaming platforms, collaborating in writers’ room settings to create funny, powerful, and moving content. See your work come to life through collaborations with talented peers across the creative spectrum from directors to actors, all while you learn from industry giants who regularly visit SCAD.
Admissions
Curriculum
Foundation studies: 20 hours
- DSGN 100 Design I: Elements and Organization
- DSGN 101 Color: Theory and Application
- DSGN 102 Design II: 3D Form in Space
- DSGN 204 Design III: Time
General education: 55 hours
- COMM 105 Speaking of Ideas
- BUSI 110 Business I: Fundamentals
- CTXT 121 Visual Culture in Context: Pre-Modern Global Perspectives
- CTXT 122 Visual Culture in Context: Making Modernities
- ENGL 123 Ideas to Ink: Critical Concepts in Academic Writing
- DIGI 130 Digital Communication
- Select one of these two options:
- ENGL 142 Foundations of Story
- ENGL elective
- ENGL 142 Foundations of Story
- ENGL elective
- BUSI 220 Business II: Economic Principles
- 200- to 300-level CINE elective
- General education elective
- Mathematics/natural sciences elective
Major curriculum: 85 hours
- Select one of these two options:
- FILM 100 Digital Film Production: Story to Screen
- FILM 115 Preproduction: From Concept to Set
- DWRI 106 Introduction to Screenwriting
- Select one of these two options:
- ACT 170 Truth in Acting: The Methods
- ACT 199 Acting for the Camera: Fundamentals
- ACT 170 Truth in Acting: The Methods
- ACT 199 Acting for the Camera: Fundamentals
- Select one of these two options:
- WRIT 178 The Short Story
- ACT 201 Survey of Performance
- WRIT 178 The Short Story
- ACT 201 Survey of Performance
- DWRI 237 Improvisation for Writers
- DWRI 272 Introduction to Playwriting
- DWRI 305 Script Analysis for Film and Television
- DWRI 310 Survey of American Television
- DWRI 315 Feature Film Screenwriting: Outline and Development
- DWRI 355 Spectrum of Storytelling: Interactive and Immersive Narratives
- Select one of these two options:
- DWRI 384 Writing the Television Comedy Spec Script
- DWRI 388 Writing the Television Drama Spec Script
- DWRI 384 Writing the Television Comedy Spec Script
- DWRI 388 Writing the Television Drama Spec Script
- DWRI 415 Feature Film Screenwriting: Completion and Revision
- Select one of these two options:
- DWRI 434 Writing the Television Comedy Pilot Script
- DWRI 438 Writing the Television Drama Pilot Script
- DWRI 434 Writing the Television Comedy Pilot Script
- DWRI 438 Writing the Television Drama Pilot Script
- DWRI 495 Dramatic Writing Senior Project and Professional Development
- Select one of these three options:
- DWRI 479 Undergraduate Internship
- 500-level SCADpro elective
- Business-focused elective
- DWRI 479 Undergraduate Internship
- 500-level SCADpro elective
- Business-focused elective
- ACT, ANIM, ARVR, CINE, DWRI, ENGL, FILM, ITGM, MOME, PROD, SEQA, SFLM, SLIB, SNDS, STEC, THED, VSFX, or WRIT elective
- DWRI elective
Additional electives: 20 hours
Total course of study: 180 hours
Career Opportunities
Become a story editor. Become a television writer. Become a story consultant. As you learn to write for the stage, for film, and for television, you will collaborate with students in our acting, film and television, animation, and sequential art programs to develop a diverse set of skills that will make you more marketable as a professional. SCAD dramatic writing students have gone on to work for production studios, major networks, theme parks, and more — and now it's your turn to join them.
Launch your career as a professional:
- Television writer
- Showrunner
- Show writer for live entertainment and attractions
- Playwright
- Video game narrative designer
- Screenwriter
- Interactive content writer
- Story editor
- Script developer
Get recruited and hired by the best of the best:
- National Geographic
- Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival
- HBO
- Millenium Films
- Walt Disney
- Playbill
- Pixar
- Discovery Channel
- Atlanta Models & Talent