ENGL 3395 Creative Writing: Screenwriting, Drama, and Adaptation

Study of the various techniques for writing for screen and stage.

Registration Name

Creative Writing: Screenwriting

Lecture Hours

3

Lab Hours

0

Credits

3

Student Learning Outcomes

Upon the completion of this course, students will be able to demonstrate the following outcome-based learning skills:

1. Rigorous interpretation of meaning, taught mainly through close reading of texts. 
2. Pattern and context recognition. 
3. Developing and stating an argument, in spoken and written form. 
4. Visual and spatial grammar and logic. 
5. Understanding how information is produced, how to locate it, and how much faith to put in it. 
6. Empathetic understanding of other people and other cultures. 
7. Learning to explore rigorously the relationship between cause and effect and to draw plausible inferences.