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CIP PROGRAM: 50.0504
Playwriting and Screenwriting.

Summary: A program that focuses on the principles and techniques for communicating dramatic information, ideas, moods, and feelings through the composition of creative written works for the theatre, film, and/or television. Includes instruction in creative writing craft, scene writing, script development, stage and/or camera instructions, line and moment analysis, script reading, script editing, and the creation of full productions.

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics - Related Occupations

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National Completion Rate Trends

Year Associate'sBachelor'sMaster's
2020 9 293 350
2021 6 342 335
2022 2 292 333
2023 1 368 388
2024 1 414 375
Change -88.89% +25.60% +10.86%

Related CIPs

50 VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS.
50.05 Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft.
50.0501 Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General.
50.0502 Technical Theatre/Theatre Design and Technology.
50.0504 Playwriting and Screenwriting.
50.0505 Theatre Literature, History and Criticism.
50.0506 Acting.
50.0507 Directing and Theatrical Production.
50.0509 Musical Theatre.
50.0510 Costume Design.
50.0511 Comedy Writing and Performance.
50.0512 Theatre and Dance.
50.0599 Dramatic/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft, Other.

Institutions granting degrees in Playwriting and Screenwriting.

Institution Degrees Granted (2024)5-Year Change

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