Meaning

"Defining the meaning of higher degrees can provide clarity for institutions, for students, and for a public that seeks to understand what unique educational experience will be had at that particular institution and what makes the investment in that experience worthwhile...Exploring the meaning of a degree thus involves addressing questions about what the institution expects its students -- undergraduates and graduates alike -- to know and be able to do upon graduation, and how graduates embody the distinct values and traditions of the institution through their dispositions and future plans."

- WSCUC 2013 Handbook of Accreditation, pg 29

Meaning can be defined through PLOs and Curriculum Maps

Program Learning Outcomes

A student who graduates with an MFA in Screenwriting should be able to:

• Write television scripts, feature screenplays, and adaptations displaying best practices in the field.

• Analyze critically, discuss, and write about Hollywood history.

• Analyze critically, discuss, and write about film theory – including issues pertaining to ethnic, gender, and cultural diversity.

• Analyze critically, discuss, and write about the concept of "The Storyteller as Cultural Leader" and explain how that concept applies to them personally as writers leading lives of purpose, service and leadership.