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Berkeley Global
Writing for visual media requires learning to conceptualize and shape a story that can be told with images. In this 10-week workshop, learn the fundamentals of narrative screenwriting (creating compelling characters, and building plot, story structure, dialogue and theme) while developing a short or full-length film script. Through a combination of workshop, film analysis, writing and cinematic exercises, you gain screenwriting skills and storytelling techniques useful to all types of visual media.
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Summer 2025 enrollment opens on March 17!
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This course applies to the following programs:
Certificate Program in Creative Writing
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Required Courses
Electives (Literature)
- American Fiction
- Contemporary Voices: Speaking From the Margins
- Great Writers Steal: How the Work of Other Writers Can Inform and Inspire You
- The Handmaid’s Tale: Writing Dystopia, the Female Gothic and Social Commentary
- Re-envisioning the Past Through Historical Fiction
- Reading the Postmodern: Writing and Rewriting Genre, Gender, and Culture
- Shakespeare
Electives (Writing Workshop)
- Exploring Creative Writing
- Introduction to Writing Fiction
- Intermediate Fiction Writing
- Advanced Fiction Writing
- Writing Genre Fiction: Science Fiction, Mystery, Romance and More
- Mystery Writing
- Developing the Novel
- Screenwriting: The Art of Visual Storytelling
- Poetry Workshop
- Creative Nonfiction Workshop
- Developing the Memoir
Courses of Related Interest
Professional Writing Program
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Required Courses
- Effective Writing in the Workplace
- Introduction to Public Relations Writing
- Writing for Social Media
Electives
- Writing Skills Workshop
- Journalism Workshop
- Writing the Feature Story
- Editorial Workshop I: Introduction to Copyediting
- Technical Communication I
- Creative Nonfiction Workshop
- Screenwriting: The Art of Visual Storytelling
- Science Writing
Capstone Project
Course of Related Interest
Notes
Departmental contact: extension-letters@berkeley.eduInstructional Types
- Live Online
- Live Online courses provide an interactive learning experience with scheduled synchronous online sessions held via Zoom video conferencing (Pacific Time). Learn more about the Live Online format.
- Online, Start Anytime
- Continuous enrollment course begins when you enroll. You have a minimum of 90 days and a maximum of 180 days to complete the course.
- Online, Fixed Date
- Enroll in this course by its start date and complete it by its specified end date. There are no live sessions, but plenty of opportunities to collaborate with your classmates and instructor.
- Classroom
- Take classes in-person at one of our buildings or partner locations.
English Language Proficiency Requirements
All of our courses are taught in English. If English is not your first language, please use the following test scores as guides in order to be successful:
- TOEFL: 90
- IELTS Academic Format: 7
- DAAD: C1
- TEM-4 or TEM-8: Level 70
- Duolingo: 125
Note: You do not need to submit test scores.