Screenwriting and Animation Minor

Screenwriting and Animation offers the following minors:  (1) Screenwriting; (2) Screenwriting and Animation; (3) Computer Animation; (4) Cinematic Studies; (5) Film and Digital Storytelling; and (6) Comics and Graphic Novel storytelling.  (1)  The Screenwriting minor emphasizes screenwriting for dramatic film, episodic television, documentaries, and corporate and non-broadcast media.  (2)  The Screenwriting and Animation minor is recommended for Fine Arts students more likely to meet the prerequisites for animation courses in the concentration.  (3)  The Computer Animation minor is recommended for computer Science students more likely to meet the prerequisites for animation courses in the concentration.  (4) The Cinematic Studies minor includes a combination of courses that emphasize the critical evaluation of cinema through research and film theory and analysis.  (5)  The Film and Digital Storytelling minor combines writing and hands-on production and editing of documentaries, oral histories, memoir, dramatic shorts, and corporate non-broadcast media.  (6)  The Comics and Graphic Novel Storytelling minor offers aspiring comics, artists and writers opportunities to study the history of the graphic comics and comics scripting.  The minor also gives students the opportunity to create original work for print or web-based publishing.