Bachelor of Science in Dramatic Writing

Personalized Learning

Because our class sizes are small, your professors really get to know you and are heavily invested in your success. Our faculty has real-world experience to help guide you every step of the way.

Flexible Online Program

Flexible online courses make it easy for you to earn your degree while you balance full-time or part-time work and your personal life.

Community Culture

When you're here, you're part of the Greyhound Family. With over 50 student organizations, you'll have the opportunity to make lifelong friends with people who have similar interests.

Our writing-focused curriculum is supported by a solid skill and theoretical base. This provides you with many opportunities to write for a variety of industries in theatre, film, or television. You'll learn essential storytelling techniques that can be applied across multiple platforms as you produce short films, short plays, music videos, web series, and more.

As part of the curriculum, all dramatic writing majors take a senior portfolio class which will give you an opportunity to put together a portfolio foundation with feedback from faculty and mentors that will prepare you to seek employment in film, theatre, television, and media.

Scholarships and Financial Assistance

We are committed to helping you finance your education. In addition to grants, loans and scholarships offered by Financial Aid and Enrollment Services, there are also many scholarships for current students available through the ENMU Foundation.

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Learning Format

Our program is designed to be completed online or in-person, providing a flexible learning schedule that will work for you. You'll be completing assignments, readings, papers, tests and projects throughout the semester.

This concentration includes the following course format(s):

• Courses where recorded and live lectures via Panopto connect you with professors and other students on your own time (labeled "AW")
• Courses that are completely online and offered through Canvas, with no recorded lecture or in-person students (labeled "WW")

Hands-On Experience/Special Opportunities

Dramatic Writing students are actively involved as crew on projects with fellow students, and many receive valuable experience working on faculty produced films or theatre productions, as well as other types of media and performing arts endeavors.

Since fall 2014, the Department of Theatre and Digital Filmmaking have hosted a chapter of Alpha Psi Omega, National Theatre Honor Society on campus. Qualified dramatic writing, theatre, and film majors can be a part of this honor society, which provides services both to the department and the community. This organization is all about excellence in theatre education.

Faculty and Advising

The program faculty are committed to responsible academic advising. This means we help you schedule the right courses at the right time to help you take the next step in your professional career. Faculty members are specialists in their areas of advising and are current with requirements for admission into the programs they advise so you get the academic advice you need, when you need it.

Academic Help and Resources

We want to make sure you get the support you need. We offer flexible tutoring services, including the ENMU Writing Center which is available to help you improve your writing and help you clearly communicate for written, school-related projects and assignments.

We also have online databases, journal article, and eBooks accessible through the Golden Library. ENMU librarians are available virtually, via phone and email to provide assistance, so you'll always have the help you need to take advantage of library resources, even if you're sitting in front of your computer at home.

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Service and Mutual Interest Organizations

If you would like to get more involved, ENMU provides the opportunity to use the skills you'll gain while working on your degree to hold leadership positions in our many organizations. At ENMU, you will be able to explore more than 50 student organizations that range from academic, cultural, multicultural, service, special interest and fraternities/sororities.

If you see a need for an organization we don't have, you can even start your own.

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Career Opportunities

Our Dramatic Writing program prepares you to pursue careers in all aspects of media production, including plays, traditional film, as well as new Internet-based forms of cinema, narrative and instructional video and film/video art. When you graduate with a dramatic writing degree from ENMU, you will leave ready to enter the industry as an independent scriptwriter or playwright, to begin a career in the film, television, theatre, and media industries or to seek an advanced degree.

Some potential careers open to graduates are:

• Television/Entertainment Writer
• Playwright
• Screenwriter
• Script Director
• Story Editor
• Producer or Director of TV/Film

Career Services for Students

Career Services offers free job placement assistance to all ENMU students, so if you are looking for a job, we can help you find it.

We offer many resources including various workshops throughout the year covering topics like resume writing, interviewing for jobs, and more! As an ENMU student, if you’re interested in individual help for things like networking, social media for success, resume writing, and mock interviews, our staff is available to help.

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High School Courses

If you are interested in majoring in this program at ENMU, your high school curriculum should include:

• Theatre/Drama
• English

Additional Degree Information

You can find additional information about the program, including the courses you will take in this program at Eastern.

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