Screenwriting sub-concentration. The department offers a subconcentration in Screenwriting to undergraduate students in the Screen Arts and Cultures concentration who demonstrate a special talent for writing for the screen.

Students interested in the sub-concentration must take the same prerequisite courses required of students wishing to declare the Screen Arts and Cultures concentration. Students with a grade point average of 2.0 in these three courses should meet with an advisor to declare their concentration in Screen Arts and Cultures. Students must then take SAC 290 and 309, followed by SAC 310. After successful completion of SAC 310, a student may apply to the screenwriting sub-concentration. The Coordinator of Screenwriting, in consultation with the undergraduate curriculum committee, judges the quality of students' writing. Entrance is highly selective, and the chair of the undergraduate committee will notify students whether or not they have been accepted into the sub-concentration. Students not accepted into the Screenwriting sub-concentration may continue with the Screen Arts and Cultures concentration. Students accepted into the sub-concentration will take SAC 410. Upon completion of SAC 410, some students may be accepted into SAC 427; those not accepted into SAC 427 will take SAC 311. SAC 423 is optional. Sub-concentrators are expected to complete all normal Screen Arts and Cultures concentration requirements in the studies-based part of the curriculum.

After successful completion of SAC 410, students with a gpa of 3.5 or above in the SAC concentration and 3.4 gpa overall may wish to declare Honors in Screenwriting. Interested students should consult the Coordinator of Screenwriting.