Columbia College Chicago :::: Fiction Writing Department

The overall goal of the Fiction Writing and Theater Departments' 54-hour Bachelor of Arts and 74-hour Bachelor of Fine Arts in Playwriting degree programs is to provide students with a full education in the art of playwriting, emphasizing writing skills and dramatic writing technique along with the aesthetics and sensibilities of performance, ritual, and the collaborative nature of the dramatic arts. The degrees are natural extensions of the undergraduate Interdisciplinary Minor in Playwriting program (already in existence). The Fiction Writing Department will offer courses in Writing Practice and Theory, thereby providing the playwright with a home to incubate and develop dramatic writing techniques. The Theater Department will offer courses in Performance and Theater Practice, as well as additional theory, thereby providing the playwright with knowledge and experience related to performing his or her text in a three-dimensional space. Students could join the BA program immediately. Students with the requisite GPA could choose to enter the BFA program after 60 hours.

Note: Students who want to apply to the BFA program will need to meet with a Fiction Writing or Theater Department Faculty member when they have completed 60 credit hours of coursework.

The following courses present a range of electives that can be clustered, along with other electives from across the college approved by Fiction Writing and Theater faculty counselors.