2017-2018 Catalog

Video/Audio Communication Arts - Screenwriting (VACS1)

Award: Certificate of achievement

Pathway to associate degree: General Studies (GSAAS)

Program location: Elkhorn Valley Campus

This certificate of achievement provides students with an in-depth opportunity to learn writing for the screen in traditional media, short and feature film, and new media. Students may seek employment in the production industry as a commercial screenwriter, corporate/industrial screenwriter, or as an independent screenwriter. 

For more information about educational cost, median loan debt, and other important information related to this program, please visit our website at mccneb.edu/Academic-Programs/Programs-of-Study/Humanities-and-Visual-Arts/Visual-Arts/Video-and-Audio-Communications.aspx.

Graduation Requirements

General education

18.0

Major requirements

33.0

Total credit hours required

51.0

General education requirements (18.0 credit hrs.)

Communications

ENGL 1010English Composition IONLINEHYBRID

4.5

ENGL 1020English Composition IIONLINEHYBRID

4.5

Humanities

HUMS 2310Film History and AppreciationONLINE

4.5

Quantitative/numeracy skills

Mathematics or Financial Literacy

4.5

Major requirements for Video/Audio Communication Arts - Screenwriting (33.0 credit hrs.)

PHOT 1500Moving Image Lab

6.0

THEA 2010Script Analysis

4.5

THEA 2020Fundamentals of Acting I

4.5

THEA 2030Playwriting I

4.5

VACA 1110Introduction to Scriptwriting

4.5

VACA 2120Screenwriting Principles

4.5

VACA 2240Cinematography

4.5