Playwriting and Screenwriting

Liberal Arts • Visual And Performing Arts

What is it about?

A program that focuses on the principles and techniques for communicating dramatic information, ideas, moods, and feelings through the composition of creative written works for the theatre, film, and/or television. Includes instruction in creative writing craft, scene writing, script development, stage and/or camera instructions, line and moment analysis, script reading, script editing, and the creation of full productions.

Numbers at a glance

445th
Popular nationwide
220
Search Rank on O's List
18
Colleges offer it
257
Graduates (2018-19)
Men
121
Women
136

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O's Insights on Playwriting and Screenwriting

  • Major has been stable in popularity over the last 15 years.
  • 19% of graduates come from public universities.

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