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The department office is open M- F from 8 AM to 5 PM.

The department office is located in Manzanita Hall, Room 195. The department phone number is (818) 677-3192.

Click here for an article in Scr(i)pt Magazine that profiles CTVA's undergraduate and graduate screenwriting programs.

Degree Options

ELECTRONIC MEDIA MANAGEMENT OPTION

Operational and management aspects of independent, studio, and network electronic media--including business structures, personnel, budgets, advertising, sales, research, and regulation of the media industries.

A minor is also offered in this option.

FILM PRODUCTION OPTION

Conceptualization, production, directing, editing, and distribution of film projects for both entertainment and informational purposes.

MEDIA THEORY AND CRITICISM OPTION

History, theory, and critical analysis of the culture of film and electronic media--providing a background for all professional training, with specific preparation for careers in teaching or research. Screenwriting Option: research, structure, and writing for dramatic and non-dramatic scripts for film, radio, television, and multimedia.

MULTIMEDIA OPTION

Pre-production, production and distribution of digital material for film, television and the World Wide Web. Students acquire effective computer skills to design websites, create streaming audio and video, design and create DVDs and CD-ROMS, and develop games in the interactive media environment.

RADIO & TELEVISION PRODUCTION OPTIONS

Pre-production, production, and post-production techniques for all electronic media formats--encompassing directing and all other creative aspects of studio and field production.

SCREENWRITING OPTION

Research, structure, and writing for dramatic and non-dramatic scripts for film, radio, television, and multimedia.

Graduate Program

MASTER OF ARTS DEGREE IN SCREENWRITING

The Department of Cinema and Television Arts offers a Master of Arts degree in Screenwriting.

Pre-CTVA Advisor

By appointment only

Kathleen McWilliams
MZ 185
(818) 677-5053
kathleen.mcwilliams@csun.edu

 

 

OPTION - Screenwriting

Pre-CTVA majors will take 9 units of preparatory classes.

Students interested in entering the Screenwriting Option in the Department of Cinema and Television Arts must first complete their G.E. requirements and take 3 prerequisite courses. These courses are CTVA 100 (Introduction to Mass Communications), CTVA 210 (Television-Film Aesthetics), and CTVA 220 (Foundations of Media Writing). The courses may be taken here at CSUN or elsewhere.

NEW SCREENWRITING OPTION INFORMATION REGARDING PORTFOLIO REVIEW
For administrative reasons, the Screenwriting Option has suspended the portfolio process and will admit students according to the old criteria (B- or better in CTVA 220, C or better in CTVA 100 and CTVA 210, junior standing, overall GPA of 2.0 or better). This is effective immediately. Those interested in declaring the Screenwriting major should contact the CTVA office ASAP. Any new Screenwriting major is encouraged to enroll in the Wednesday 2:00-4:45 p.m. section of CTVA 320 for Spring '09 (class #10180). That section of CTVA 320 (Writing for Film and Television) is also open to any student who will have passed CTVA 220 by the end of Fall '08.

Students in the Screenwriting Option will take 3 lower division units and 36 upper division units as indicated below:

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With permission of your advisor, select 9 additional upper division units in CTVA or an allied field.