Cinema & Media Arts - Screenwriting
Gain intensive training in developing, pitching, and bringing stories for film, TV, and new media to life in one of Canada's only undergraduate screenwriting degrees. Collaborate with students across artistic disciplines and test your projects in front of live audiences through the AMPD screenwriting film festival and competition opportunities.
Program Overview
Students in the Cinema and Media Arts - Screenwriting (BFA) program experientially learn to understand, think and work in the language of the moving image across all media. The integrated curriculum offers exceptional training across the spectrum from idea to screenplay, camera to screen, and screen to critical inquiry.
With intimate support, intensive learning, and extensive mentorship by internationally recognized faculty members, students focus on creating screenwriting portfolios of numerous short screenplays, feature screenplays, television series, and new media. Collaboration is paramount as students collaborate with production students to see their work brought to life on screen.
Program Details
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Degrees Offered
Fall Entry
Winter Entry
Summer Entry
Ways to Study
Sample Schedule (First-year)
- Introduction to Filmmaking
- Introduction to Screenwriting
- Film Art: An Introduction
Possible Career Paths
- writer for film, television and other motion media
- script reader
- media critic
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Admission Requirements
I am a high-school student I have completed at least one year of full-time study at college or university I have been away from high-school for at least two years I have never studied in a formal academic high-school environment Returning / Reactivating student (previously York) Visiting StudentsYou are required to provide official evidence of academic achievement in secondary education. This can be demonstrated through:
- Final grades under the Ontario curriculum (obtained through correspondence, night school or through TVO)
- Credentials through other curricula, such as results from Advanced Placement (AP) or Advanced-level courses in the General Certificate of Education (GCE). (Students may register to sit for the AP and GCE examinations as private candidates.)
In the absence of final grades in courses:
- You must submit the results of standardized tests such as the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) with a minimum combined total of 1170 on the Critical Reading and Math components or a composite American College Testing (ACT) score of 24.
- Your application will be reviewed by an admissions sub-committee. If admitted, you will not be eligible for entrance scholarships. You will be considered for continuing student scholarships at the end of your first year of study, if you satisfy those criteria.
You may also be required to provide proof of language proficiency. You will be considered for entrance scholarships on the basis of your overall averages in the six 4U/4M (Ontario curriculum) or equivalent courses.