Non-Credit Courses

Columbia University's School of the Arts offers a non-credit enrollment option for certain courses during the summer. Listed below are are the course offerings available.

OFFICIAL MAKEUP DATES FOR UNIVERSITY HOLIDAYS

May 31, replaces the Memorial Day holiday.

July 5, replaces the Independence Day holiday

NOTE

The University reserves the right to withdraw or modify the courses of instruction or to change the instructors as may become necessary.

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Creative Writing

Television Writing Intensive
Course number: S0431
6 points
Day & Time: TBD (see below)*
May 23 - July 1, 2011
Instructor: Frank Pugliese

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The Television Writing Intensive is a six week, concentrated and encompassing introduction into the field of television writing, designed to prepare students for the professional worlds of sit-coms, one-hour dramas and police / medical procedurals.  In an interconnected program consisting of two intensive writing workshops and a lecture series with guest writers and professionals in the field, students gain the knowledge and authority to explore, examine and create the kind of groundbreaking work that is taking over cable and making its way onto the Networks, here and around the world.

The Television Writing Intensive focuses on two specific tracks.  One track is the half-hour comedy; the other is the one-hour drama. These two formats, although having much in common, come out of different traditions and are conceived and written in different ways.

* This intensive course will meet 15 hours per week.

Materials Fee: $150

 

Film Studies

Directing Workshop for Film
FILM S0471D
Day & Time: TBD
Dates: May 23 - July 1, 2011
Instructor: TBD

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Conceived and designed by the faculty of the SoA graduate Film Program, this hands-on workshop will focus on the narrative/dramatic filmmaking form. Each participant will learn to write an original short film and then transform that text to the screen. Emphasis will be placed on the director's textual analysis of the screenplay, on blocking actors, and on the camera as narrator. Students will learn use of video camera and editing equipment during the first week; they will then work in groups of four, rotating crew assignments and acting. Columbia Film Program casting files will be available for the final film. Students will complete one group film (silent and written by the group) and two individual films with dialogue. The instructor will assign the first dialogue film; the student will write the second. All films will be 3-5 minutes.

Materials Fee: $550

 

Cross-Disciplinary

Arts Collaboration Lab
THEA S0450
Day & Time: TBD
Dates:   July 5 - 24
Instructor: Gideon Lester

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Come to Columbia University School of the Arts this summer and collaborate with artists from across disciplines – theatre, film, performance and visual arts, writing, and music – in a unique new laboratory environment: the Arts Collaboration Lab.

The Arts Collaboration Lab is a pioneering, intensive summer workshop where artists and arts students from across disciplines work together to study collaborative techniques, to develop new projects, and to share ideas.
Under the mentorship of internationally acclaimed professional artists and faculty members from Columbia University School of the Arts, the Collaboration Lab is a testing ground for artistic collaboration, where students expand and deepen their understanding of their own practice by working in partnership with artists from other genres and disciplines.
Launching in July 2011, and run in conjunction with P.S.122 – New York’s legendary downtown arts and performance center – the three-week Collaboration Lab is an accredited course of Columbia University. In partnership with the Summer Residency Program, the Collaboration Lab will create a one-of-a-kind artistic community in the heart of New York City.

Examples of collaborative student projects that might be developed at the Lab include:

  •  A film director, a sculptor, and a choreographer collaborating on a site specific adaptation of Medea
  • A painter, a composer and a poet creating a virtual platform for illustrating e-literature
  • A playwright, a sound designer and a dramaturg exploring the frontiers of audio technology to create a personal, experiential walking tour of Upper Manhattan
  • A screenwriter, a musician and a videographer developing a blueprint for an online opera

Materials Fee: $150