Brannon Braga, producer and writer for the hit series 24, will teach a television screenwriting course at Kent State Stark, beginning Feb. 4, 2008.

This informative, three-day course is an overview of the television writing process and narrative structure: from concept to pitch to story outline to script to rewrites. Students will take an in-depth look at how television is scripted and produced by someone who has been doing it for the past 20 years. Students will also participate in group-writing exercises. No screenwriting experience is required. This is an introductory course.

COURSE INFORMATION:
Course Title: ENG 41093-600 Writing for Television; CRN 21054   
Instructor: Brannon Braga
Course Credit: 1 (one) upper-division college credit
Course Dates: February 4, 6 and 8; each session meets from 2-6 p.m.  (NOTE: This is an update from the original dates and time.)
Tuition: $255 due at time of registration
Registration Deadline: Monday, Feb. 4, 2008 at noon (Extended deadline!)

Current students may register online in FlashFast via FlashLine/Student Tools. Non-Kent State students must visit the Kent State Stark Office of Student Services to complete a Guest Student Application for Admission or print out an application and mail (do not fax) the application to Kent State University Stark Campus, Student Services, 6000 Frank Ave NW, North Canton, Ohio 44720.

For more information on the television screenwriting course at Kent State Stark, call 330-499-9600 (Stark County) or 330-535-3377 (Summit County).

About Brannon Braga:

Braga is currently writing and producing Twentieth Century Fox Television’s Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning drama 24, starring Kiefer Sutherland. He began his career in television in 1990, when he received the prestigious Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Writing Internship, which earned him a position with the writing team of Star Trek: The Next Generation. This led to a 14-year tenure at Paramount Pictures, where he held the positions of writer and producer of the top-rated television series Star Trek: The Next Generation, executive producer of Star Trek: Voyager and co-creator and executive producer of Star Trek: Enterprise. Braga also co-wrote the motion pictures Star Trek: Generations and Star Trek: First Contact, the highest grossing of the Star Trek films. Credited with writing more than 150 Star Trek television episodes, he has won or been nominated for numerous awards. The series finale of Star Trek: The Next Generation earned him the Hugo award for Excellence in Science Fiction Writing in 1994.

Following his writing career for Star Trek, Braga was appointed executive producer of the suspenseful science fiction thriller Threshold, which aired on CBS. He also was a writer on the feature film Mission Impossible II, starring Tom Cruise.

A graduate of Canton’s McKinley High School, Braga took several classes at Kent State Stark before moving to California to pursue a degree in filmmaking from the University of California – Santa Cruz. In 2003, he returned to Kent State University Stark Campus to be honored as a Distinguished Alumni of the campus.