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BFA MPT Outlines

MFA MPT Outlines

School of Motion Pictures & Television

BFA MPT - Screenwriting

First Year - 30.0 Units

First Semester 12.0 Units

• MPT_105: Photo Storyboarding/Super 8mm
  [Major Required Course]
• MPT_110: Nonlinear Computer Editing 1: Principles of Editing
  [Major Required Course]
• MPT_295: Successful Storytelling
  [Major Required Course]
• MPT_120: Respect for Acting
  [Major Required Course]

Second Semester 18.0 Units

• MPT_130: Motion Picture Language
  [Major Required Course]
• MPT_231: Non-Linear Computer Editing 2: Advanced Final Cut Pro
  [Major Required Course]
• MPT_220: Introduction to Screenwriting
  [Major Required Course]
• LA_108: Composition for the Artist
  [Liberal Arts: Written Communications requirement]
• MPT_260: Cinematography 1: Foundational Aspects
  [Major Required Course] *To be taken in Summer.
• MPT_205: Introduction to Producing
  [Major Required Course] *To be taken in Summer.

Second Year - 36.0 Units

Third Semester 15.0 Units

• MPT_320: Screenwriting 2: The Short Film
  [Major Required Course]
• MPT_140: Lighting 1: The Art of Seeing Light
  [Major Required Course]
• MPT_297: Writing for Film Genre
  [Major By Advisement Course]
• LA_***:
  [Liberal Arts By Advisement Course]]
• LA_120: Art History through the 15th Century
  [Liberal Arts: Art History & Appreciation requirement]

Fourth Semester 21.0 Units

• MPT_420: Screenwriting 3: Feature Film
  [Major By Advisement Course]
• MPT_299: Script Breakdown, Blocking, & Continuity
  [Major By Advisement Course]
• MPT_225: Introduction to Sound/Foley & Effects
  [Major Required Course]
• LA_121: Art History through the 19th Century
  [Liberal Arts: Art History & Appreciation requirement]
• (LA_202: English Composition: Creative Persuasion & Argument, OR LA_280: Perspective Journalism)
  [Liberal Arts: Written Communications requirement] [Liberal Arts: Written Communications requirement]
• LA_291: Designing Careers
  [Liberal Arts: Employment Communications & Practices requirement] *To be taken in Summer.
• MPT_354: Professionally Rewriting the Short Film
  [Major By Advisement Course] *To be taken in Summer.

Third Year - 36.0 Units

Fifth Semester 15.0 Units

• MPT_323: Adaptation
  [Major By Advisement Course]
• ADV_115: Copywriting 1
  [Major By Advisement Course]
• MPT_***:
  [Major By Advisement Course]
• LA_***:
  [Liberal Arts: Art History & Appreciation requirement]
• LA_110: English Composition: Narrative Storytelling
  [Liberal Arts: Written Communications requirement]

Sixth Semester 21.0 Units

• MPT_435: Writing for Television
  [Major By Advisement Course]
• MPT_***:
  [Major By Advisement Course]
• LA_***:
  [Liberal Arts: Cultural Ideas & Influence requirement]
• LA_***:
  [Liberal Arts By Advisement Course]
• LA_***:
  [Liberal Arts: Historical Awareness requirement]
• LA_***:
  [Liberal Arts: Quantitative Reasoning Literacy requirement] *To be taken in Summer.
• ***_***:
  [Art Elective 1] *To be taken in Summer.

Fourth Year - 30.0 Units

Seventh Semester 12.0 Units

• MPT_***:
  [Major By Advisement Course]
• ADV_215: Copywriting 2
  [Major By Advisement Course]
• MPT_***:
  [Major By Advisement Course]
• LA_***:
  [Liberal Arts By Advisement Course]

Eighth Semester 18.0 Units

• MPT_470: The Demo Reel
  [Major Required Course] (Choose from: MPT 470A, 470B, 470C, or 470X.)
• ADV_315: Writing & Producing Radio
  [Major By Advisement Course]
• LA_***:
  [Liberal Arts By Advisement Course]
• ***_***:
  [Art Elective 2]
• LA_***:
  [Liberal Arts By Advisement Course] *To be taken in Summer.
• ***_***:
  [Art Elective 3] *To be taken in Summer.