Writing Television Situation Comedy Scripts

COM FT 522

Undergraduate Prerequisites: (COMFT310) - Intense writing workshop learning how to write professional sitcom scripts. Elements of character, dramatic story structure, how comedy is created, how scenes build and progress a story, formal story outlines, dialogue, the business of sitcom writing, pitching, arc, comedic premise are analyzed. The class becomes a sitcom writing team for a current hit series and writes an original class spec script to understand the process of group writing employed on most sitcoms. Also, students write their own personal spec scripts with individual conferences with the professor.

FALL 2025 Schedule

Section Instructor Location Schedule Notes
B1 Lapidus COM 303 M 6:30 pm-9:15 pm The prerequisite for COMFT 522 is COMFT 310.

SPRG 2026 Schedule

Section Instructor Location Schedule Notes
A1 Lapidus T 12:30 pm-3:15 pm The undergraduate prerequisite for COMFT 522 is COMFT 310

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