C11066v4 Graduate Certificate in Screenwriting
Award(s): Graduate Certificate in Screenwriting (GradCertScrWrt)UAC code: 942507 (Autumn semester)
Load credit points: 24
Course EFTSL: 0.5
Location: City campus
Note(s)
This course is not offered to international students.
Overview
Course aims
Career options
Admission requirements
Course duration and attendance
Course structure
Course completion requirements
Course program
Articulation with UTS courses
Other information
Overview
The Graduate Certificate in Screenwriting is part of an articulated program designed to meet a range of needs for people who want to start a career in writing, and for experienced writers wanting to further develop their theoretical knowledge and skills.
Course aims
Students in this course:
- develop general and specific skills in screenwriting
- have the opportunity to develop their screenwriting skills intensively
- develop some critical knowledge of cultural and aesthetic debates
- advance an ability to develop and critically revise their own work, and
- develop an awareness of the place of writing within contemporary cultural formations.
Career options
Career options include scriptwriter for short- and long-form drama.
Admission requirements
Academic qualifications considered for admission include a bachelor's degree, master's degree, graduate diploma or graduate certificate in the same field of study.
Course duration and attendance
This course is offered on a one-year, part-time basis. Students must commence in Autumn semester.
Course structure
The course totals 24 credit points of study, consisting of three core subjects. The core subject 57142 Writing for the Screen must be undertaken in the first semester of study.
Students undertake at least 8 credit points per semester.
Course completion requirements
| 57101 Writing for the Camera | 8cp | |
| 57142 Writing for the Screen | 8cp | |
| Select 8 credit points from the following options: | 8cp | |
| 57041 Advanced Narrative Writing | 8cp | |
| 57989 Mise-en-Scene | 8cp | |
| 57134 Theory and Writing | 8cp | |
| 57143 Experiments in Writing | 8cp | |
| Total | 24cp |
Course program
The typical course program is shown below.
| Autumn commencing, part time | ||
| Year 1 | ||
| Autumn semester | ||
| 57142 Writing for the Screen | 8cp | |
| Spring semester | ||
| 57101 Writing for the Camera | 8cp | |
| Select one subject from the following: | 8cp | |
| 57041 Advanced Narrative Writing | 8cp | |
| 57134 Theory and Writing | 8cp | |
| 57143 Experiments in Writing | 8cp | |
| 57989 Mise-en-Scene | 8cp | |
Articulation with UTS courses
This course is part of an articulated program comprising the the Graduate Certificate in Screenwriting, the Graduate Certificate in Editing and Publishing (C11071), the Graduate Diploma in Writing (C06041), and the Master of Arts in Creative Writing (C04109).
Other information
Further information is available from the UTS Student Centre on:
