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Oct 06, 2024
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2024-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Screenwriting and Animation Minor
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MHEC (Maryland Higher Education Commission) approved minors require 18-credits. This generally means that students will take 6 3-credit courses that comprise the minor to meet the 18-credit requirement. Screenwriting and Animation offers the following minors: (1) Screenwriting; (2) Screenwriting and Animation; (3) Cinematic Studies; (4) Film and Digital Storytelling; (1) The Screenwriting minor emphasizes Film and Television Writing including feature films, episodic series, documentaries, and corporate and non-broadcast media. (2) The Computer Animation minor is recommended for students more likely to meet the proficiency for animation courses in the concentration as determined by faculty. (3) The Cinematic Studies minor surveys 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.
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SCREENWRITING 18 credits
The minor in Screenwriting requires students to complete a sequence of 18 credits with 9 credits in approved courses in Film and Television Writing from the Screenwriting and Animation major.
SCREENWRITING AND ANIMATION 18 credits
The minor in Screenwriting and Animation is recommended for Fine Arts majors with many of the prerequisites in art fulfilled so they can move directly into Animation classes and workshops. The minor requires students to complete a sequence of 18 credits with 9 credits in approved courses in Animation from the Screenwriting and Animation major.
COMPUTER ANIMATION 18 credits
The minor in computer Animation is recommended for Computer Science and Electrical Engineering majors with many of the prerequisites in computer science or computer engineering fulfilled so they can move directly into Animation classes and workshops. The minor requires students to complete a sequence of 18 credits with 9 credits in approved courses in Animation from the Screenwriting and Animation major.
CINEMATIC STUDIES 18 credits
The minor in Cinematic Studies requires students to complete a sequence of 18 credits with 9 credits in approved courses in Film Studies from the Screenwriting and Animation major.
FILM AND DIGITAL STORYTELLING 18 credits
The minor in Film and Digital Storytelling requires students to complete a sequence of 18 credits with 9 credits in approved courses in Cinematic Storytelling from the Screenwriting and Animation major.
COMICS AND GRAPHIC NOVEL STORYTELLING (ART) 18 credits
The minor in Comics and Graphic Novel Storytelling (Art) offers students interested in careers as comics, artists and/or illustrators opportunities to combine their training in drawing, graphic design and illustration with a three-course SWAN sequence in history of comics, comics magazine production and a special projects course leading to the production of an original graphic novel. This minor is recommended for students majoring in Fine Art. The Comics and Graphic Novel Storytelling minor requires a sequence of 18 credits with a grade of “C” or higher in each course.
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Students in the Comics and Graphic Novel Storytelling minor must take three (3) courses from Group A
Group B
Students in this track must take three (3) courses from Group B
COMICS AND GRAPHIC NOVEL STORYTELLING (SCRIPTING) 18 credits
Students in this track must complete the following four (4) courses in Group A and two (2) courses from Group B. Although the course is not required, minors are recommended to take COMM 102
Group A
Students in this track must take four (4) courses from Group A
Group B
Students in this track must take two (2) coruses from Group B
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