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  "college": "college-of-the-desert",
  "edition": "2026-2027",
  "departmentName": "Media, Film, and Journalism",
  "id": "media-film-and-journalism--introduction-to-screenwriting-noncredit",
  "name": "Introduction to Screenwriting",
  "award": "Certificate of Completion",
  "department": "media-film-and-journalism",
  "sourceUrl": "https://catalog.collegeofthedesert.edu/programs/media-film-journalism/introduction-to-screenwriting-noncredit/",
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      "markdown": "**The Introduction to Screenwriting Certificate of Completion** explores conceptual and stylistic issues related to writing fiction scripts for entertainment purposes.\n\nThe first questions we must ask as filmmakers are “Who am I?,” “What is my story?” and “Who is my audience?” Students create original fiction scripts for film and electronic media and participate in both self and peer evaluation to learn more about themselves and the work they produce."
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      "markdown": "### Learning Outcomes\n\n#### Learning Outcomes\n\nUpon satisfactory completion of this program students will be able to:\n\n1.  Identify and analyze the structural elements of a narrative screenplay.\n2.  Self and peer evaluate a professionally formatted original short narrative screenplay."
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      "markdown": "### Program Requirements\n\n#### Program Requirements"
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          "text": "Required Courses"
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          "type": "course",
          "code": "FILM 303A",
          "title": "Screenwriting 1",
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        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "FILM 303B",
          "title": "Screenwriting 2",
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}