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B.F.A. in writing

Atlanta
 / 
Savannah

Foundation studies: 25 hours

  • FOUN 110 Design Thinking and Process
  • FOUN 111 Sketching and Drawing
  • FOUN 112 Color in Context
  • FOUN 113 Creative Collaboration Lab
  • Select one of the following:

  • FOUN 240 Spatial Design and Fabrication
  • FOUN 251 Time Based Design: Story, Sound, and Movemen

General education: 55 hours

  • COMM 105 Speaking of Ideas
  • ANTH 106 Language, Culture, and Society
  • BUSI 110 Business I: Fundamentals
  • CTXT 121 Visual Culture in Context: Pre-Modern Global Perspectives
  • CTXT 122 Visual Culture in Context: Making Modernities
  • ENGL 123 Ideas to Ink: Critical Concepts in Academic Writing
  • DIGI 130 Digital Communication
  • ENGL 142 Foundations of Story
  • General Education Elective
  • Mathematics/Natural Sciences Elective
  • Social/Behavioral Sciences Elective

Major curriculum: 80 hours

  • DWRI 106 Introduction to Screenwriting
  • WRIT 162 The Art of Fiction
  • WRIT 177 The Art of Creative Nonfiction
  • WRIT 205 Writing for Arts and Entertainment
  • Select three of the following:

  • WRIT 235 Multi-platform and Immersive Storytelling
  • WRIT 345 Convergent Journalism
  • WRIT 353 Professional Freelance Writing: Storytelling to Story-selling
  • WRIT 355 Writing for Emerging Media: Storytelling in the Digital Landscape
  • WRIT 255 Problem Solving for Corporate and Brand Storytelling
  • WRIT 285 Story Research
  • WRIT 465 Writing the Serial Narrative
  • WRIT 480 Portfolio: Professional Storytelling and Practices for Writers
  • 300- or 400-level DWRI, SOCL, or WRIT elective
  • 400-level DWRI, SOCL, or WRIT elective
  • Select one of the following:

  • WRIT 479 Undergraduate Internship
  • 500-level SCADpro Elective
  • Business-Focused Elective
  • ADBR, DWRI, FILM, SLIB, SOCL, UXDG, UXR, or WRIT elective
  • ADBR, DWRI, FILM, SLIB, SOCL, UXDG, UXR, or WRIT elective

Additional electives: 20 hours

  • Free elective
  • Free elective
  • Free elective
  • Free elective

Total course of study: 180 hours