Creative Writing A.A. – Screenwriting | �첥��Ƶ Cortland Community College

What You'll Learn

Craft Stories for the Big Screen

Discover how to create a screenplay that meets industry demand.

Explore different genres of movies and ways to tell stories visually.

You'll have the opportunity to submit your work for publication in our student magazine Ke'lab!

“The first two semesters were consistently hands on,” Alannah Reeves, Communications & Media Arts Student.

Where You’ll Go

Producers and Directors

$71,173

Median Salary

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Job Description

Student & Faculty Stories

Grad Profile: Alana Palumbo

Not every student follows the same path to a diploma. Alana Palumbo is one of those that needed to makes some turns along the way.

Ke'Lab Wins National Recognition

TC3 literary journal honored as one of the country's best student-produced magazines.

Students and Alums Honored at Cayuga Film Fetival

Several current students and recent graduates of the communication and media arts programs at

Program Requirements

To graduate [ 62 credits + 2.0 GPA or higher ]

Developmental Courses

Section	Course Name	Credits	Minimum Grade
ENGL 098	Accelerated Writing Skills for ENGL100
MATH 017	Skills & Support for Quantitative Reasoning
MATH 020	Skills & Support for College Algebra
MATH 029	Skills & Support for Statistics

First Year

Fall

Section	Course Name	Credits	Minimum Grade
ENGL 100	Academic Writing I A student exempted from ENGL 100 must substitute a three-credit unrestricted elective. The course should be selected in consultation with the student’s advisor.	3	C
ENGL 227	Fundamentals of Creative Writing	3
SOCI 101 OR PSYC 103	Introduction to Sociology OR Introduction to Psychology	3
FSS 110	First Year Experience - General Interest	1
SUNY GEN ED Mathematics Elective		3
Restricted Elective	Choose from ENGL104 (Spring), ENGL212 (Spring), ENGL215 (Spring), ENGL229 (Fall/Spring), ENGL256 (Fall), ENGL258 (Spring), ENGL262 (Spring), ENGL250 Study Abroad (Fall/Spring), ART 111 (Fall/Spring), ART 117 (Fall/Spring), COMM101 (Fall/Spring), COMM120 (Fall/Spring), COMM127 (Fall)	3

Spring

Section	Course Name	Credits
ENGL 101	Academic Writing II Creative Writing majors may enroll concurrently in ENGL 101 and ENGL 102.	3
ENGL 200	Screenwriting	3
ENGL 201 OR ENGL 204 OR ENGL 210	Public Speaking OR Interpersonal Communication OR Intercultural Communication	3
HSTY 201 OR HSTY 202	American History to 1877 OR American History Since 1877	3
Restricted Elective	Choose from ENGL104 (Spring), ENGL212 (Spring), ENGL215 (Spring), ENGL229 (Fall/Spring), ENGL256 (Fall), ENGL258 (Spring), ENGL262 (Spring), ENGL250 Study Abroad (Fall/Spring), ART 111 (Fall/Spring), ART 117 (Fall/Spring), COMM101 (Fall/Spring), COMM120 (Fall/Spring), COMM127 (Fall)	3

Second Year

Fall

Section	Course Name	Credits
ENGL 102	Approaches to Literature	3
ENGL 216	Advanced Screenwriting	3
ENGL 233	Film Analysis	3
ENGL 274	Marketing the Screenplay	1
HSTY 116 OR HSTY 117	West in the World to 1500 OR West in the World Since 1500	3
Restricted Elective	Choose from ENGL104 (Spring), ENGL212 (Spring), ENGL215 (Spring), ENGL229 (Fall/Spring), ENGL256 (Fall), ENGL258 (Spring), ENGL262 (Spring), ENGL250 Study Abroad (Fall/Spring), ART 111 (Fall/Spring), ART 117 (Fall/Spring), COMM101 (Fall/Spring), COMM120 (Fall/Spring), COMM127 (Fall)	3

Spring

Section	Course Name	Credits
COMM 298	Cinema Capstone	3
ENGL 255	Writing Television Drama & Comedy	3
SUNY GEN ED Lab Science Elective		3
Unrestricted Elective		3
Unrestricted Elective		3

This is a stackable Program

Take on as much (or as little) as you want. Our microcredentials and certificates provide you with credits to apply to 2-year programs – when you’re ready!

Certificate

Creative Writing Certificate – Screenwriting

Transfer Degree

Creative Writing A.A. – Screenwriting

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