Variant of the Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) Canada 2021 Version 1.0 for Alternative primary groupings

• 02 - Visual and performing arts, and communications technologies
• 50. - Visual and performing arts
• 50.05 - Drama/theatre arts and stagecraft

50.0504 - Playwriting and screenwriting

This instructional program class comprises any 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. These programs include courses 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.

• Illustrative example(s)

  • dramatic writing
  • playwriting
  • screenwriting
  • script writing
  • writing for screen and television

  All examples

• Exclusion(s)

  • comic scriptwriting(50.0511)
  • English creative writing(23.1302)
  • English technical and professional writing(23.1303)
  • English writing(23.1301)
  • French creative writing(55.1302)
  • French writing(55.1301)