{"id":20077,"date":"2025-07-03T15:05:01","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T19:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/?page_id=20077"},"modified":"2026-01-20T14:53:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T19:53:19","slug":"screenwriting-minor","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/screenwriting-minor\/","title":{"rendered":"Screenwriting Minor"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"content-block content-block--has-menu wp-block-butler-content-block\">\n\t<div class=\"content-block-container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"content-block-layout\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"content-block-menu-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<nav class=\"content-block-menu-nav\" aria-label=\"Site menu\" id=\"page-nav\"><div class=\"content-block-menu-wrapper\"><header class=\"content-block-menu-header\"><span class=\"content-block-menu-header-label\">College of Liberal Arts &#038; Sciences Menu<\/span><button type=\"button\" class=\"content-block-menu-mobile-toggle\" title=\"Toggle menu\" aria-label=\"Toggle menu\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><\/button><\/header><ul class=\"content-block-menu-list\"><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-initial\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/about\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">About<\/a><\/li><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-initial\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/undergraduate-programs\/\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">Undergraduate Programs<\/a><\/li><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-initial\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/las-graduate-programs\/\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">Graduate Programs<\/a><\/li><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-initial\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/academics\/three-year-programs\/\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">Three-Year Programs<\/a><\/li><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-initial\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/faculty-staff\/\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">Faculty &amp; Staff<\/a><\/li><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-initial\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/experiential-learning\/\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">Experiential Learning<\/a><\/li><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-initial\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/global-opportunities\/\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">Global Opportunities<\/a><\/li><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-initial\"><a href=\"\/arts-sciences\/essay-contest\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">Liberal Arts Essay Contest<\/a><\/li><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-hidden-overflow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/sciences-complex\/\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">Sciences Complex<\/a><\/li><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-hidden-overflow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/academics\/phi-beta-kappa\/\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">Phi Beta Kappa Society<\/a><\/li><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-hidden-overflow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/student-awards\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">LAS Student Awards<\/a><\/li><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-hidden-overflow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/sci-olympiad\/\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">Science Olympiad<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><button type=\"button\" class=\"content-block-menu-desktop-toggle\" aria-expanded=\"false\" data-content-block-toggle-more-label=\"More links\" data-content-block-toggle-less-label=\"Hide links\">More links<\/button><\/nav>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"content-block-content-container is-layout-constrained\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-screenwriting-minor\">Screenwriting Minor<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Butler&#8217;s Screenwriting minor gives students the opportunity to focus on the art of voice-driven storytelling, particularly in the context of feature films, TV pilots, short films, and some theater scriptwriting. Butler\u2019s Screenwriting program leverages interdisciplinary exploration in English, Theater, and Creative Media to prepare students for industry-readiness.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At its core, screenwriting is a study in human relationships and a practice in empathy. Students who minor in Screenwriting at Butler not only learn correct screenwriting terminology, techniques, and industry-standard formats, they gain a deeper understanding of humanity and the nuances of the social world. Students learn to craft emotionally rich experiences while also translating them effectively onto the big screen.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Sample courses include:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>EN 204 Intro to Screenwriting<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>EN 304 Topics in Screenwriting<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>CME 229 Storytelling for the Screen<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Additional opportunities:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Involvement in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heartlandfilm.org\/\">Heartland Film Festival<\/a> in Indianapolis, which made MovieMaker Magazine\u2019s 25 Coolest Film Festivals in the World list<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Butler\u2019s connections with the <a href=\"https:\/\/kankanindy.com\/\">Kan-Kan Cinema,<\/a> a local arthouse theater<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Independent studies and community building through Butler\u2019s screenwriting club<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For more information, reach out to Lecturer of English Bryce Berkowitz: <a href=\"mailto:bbkerkowitz@butler.edu\">bberkowitz@butler.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":146,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-20077","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"revision_note":"","yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.5 (Yoast SEO v28.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Screenwriting Minor | Butler University<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/screenwriting-minor\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Screenwriting Minor | Butler University\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/screenwriting-minor\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"College of Liberal Arts &amp; 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