Learning Outcomes

The department expects undergraduate majors in the program to be able to demonstrate the following learning outcomes. These learning outcomes are used in evaluating students and the department’s undergraduate program.

Students in the Culture and Criticism subplan are expected to demonstrate:

• Knowledge and awareness of film terminology and concepts

• Ability to develop compelling and nuanced lines of interpretation

• Improved critical thinking skills using primary and secondary source materials

• Improvement in analytical writing skills and close reading skills

• Ability to form and validate their own and others’ opinions through knowledge of film and media forms, movements, and socio-historical events

Students in the Screenwriting subplan are expected to demonstrate:

• Fluency in writing via the screenwriting form, including standard formatting and personal voice and style

• Ability to translate cinematic mechanisms onto the page to influence audience experience

• Command of dialogue, including variety in characters, subtext, and flow

• Understanding of story structure and its variations as applied to short film, feature film, and/or television writing

• Facility for constructively giving and receiving feedback, written and oral, and integrating feedback into the rewrite process