This concentration is designed for students in the BFA program with the desire to focus on the literary aspects of stage and screen. 

Admission Requirements:

• Audition
• Interview
• Applicants may be asked to submit a portfolio

Concentration Requirements
ENGL 332 Intro to Film
THR 329 Directing I
THR352 Dramatic Literature Seminar
THR 380 Playwriting I
THR 381Playwriting II or THR 382 Screenplay Workshop
THR 482 Advanced Screenwriting
THR 484 Translation and Adaptation for the Stage

Select five of the following courses:
FAVS 483 Feature Length Scriptwriting
THR 340 Directing II
THR 352 Dramatic Literature Seminar
THR 355 Moral Vision in American Theater
THR 359 World Stages
THR 395 Theater as the Life of the Mind
THR 424 Contemporary Women Playwrights
THR 480 Advanced Playwriting
THR 490 Special Topics in Drama*
*Upon approval of advisor

Select one of the following courses:
THR 365 Characterization
THR 421 One Person Show

Select one of the following courses:
THR 495 Capstone Project
THR 496 Text in Production

Select two in Foreign Language and/or Foreign Film including:
CHIN 320 Contemporary Chinese Film
FREN 470 Topics in French Cinema
JAPA 320 Japanese Cinema
RUSS 470 Toics in (post) Soviet Film
other foreign film options as approved