FT310 STORYTELLING FOR FILM AND TELEVISION

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)

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)

Screenwriting

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.

CAS 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

Latin American Studies

Middle East and North

Africa Studies

Political Science

Women, Gender and

Sexuality Studies

CFA COURSES

Theater Arts

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

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