Summer Courses

Summer Courses

All Summer 2025 courses are scheduled to be in-person.

Columbia students do not need to apply, but they do need to register. All visiting students will need to apply to the School of Professional Studies and register upon acceptance.

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FULL SUMMER TERM: May 26–August 15, 2025
SESSION A: May 26–July 4, 2025
SESSION B: July 7–August 15, 2025

Contemporary Global Documentary

SESSION A: May 26–July 4, 2025
Instructor: Joshua Glick
Day & Time: MW 1–4:10 PM

Film Criticism and Story Development

SESSION B: July 7–August 15, 2025
INSTRUCTOR: Kevin Lee
Day & Time: TTh 1–4:10 PM

Hollywood in China

SESSION B: July 7–August 15, 2025
INSTRUCTOR: Ying Zhu
Day & Time: TTh 2–5:10 PM

Horror Movies and NYC

SESSION B: July 7–August 15, 2025
INSTRUCTOR: Fareed Ben-Youseff
Day & Time: MW 1–4:10 PM

Intro to the Study and Theory of Film

SESSION B: July 7–August 15, 2025
Instructor: Jason LaRiviere
Day & Time: TTh 1–4:10 PM

Narrative Design for Video Games and Interactive Experiences

SESSION A: May 26–July 4, 2025
INSTRUCTOR: Nick Braccia
Day & Time: MW 1–4:10 PM

Video Games and Film

SESSION B: July 7–August 15, 2025
Instructor: Barrie Adleberg
Day & Time: MW 10 AM–1:10 PM

Augmented Creativity: practical uses of AI in storytelling, art, and design

SESSION A: May 26–July 4, 2025
INSTRUCTORS: Matthieu Lorrain, with speakers Benjamin Benichou, Manuel Sainsilly, Pierre Zandrowicz, Lauren Ducrey, Alexia Adana
Day & Time: MW 9 AM–2:10 PM

CANCELED

Developing the Low-Budget Film

SESSION B: July 7–August 15, 2025
Instructor: Mollye Asher
Day & Time: TTh 1–4:10 PM

Producing the Low-Budget Film

SESSION A: May 26–July 4, 2025
Instructor: Joshua Troxler
Day & Time: TTh 9 AM–12:10 PM

Screenwriting I : Introduction

SESSION A: May 26–July 4, 2025
Instructor: Loren-Paul Caplin
Day & Time: TTh 10 AM–1:10 PM

Tech Arts | Post Production with Davinci Resolve

SESSION A: May 26–July 4, 2025
Instructor: Michael Cacioppo Belantara
Day & Time: Th 10 AM–1:10 PM

TV Writing

SESSION A: May 26–July 4, 2025
Instructor: Danielle Dougé
Day & Time: TTh 11 AM–2:10 PM
Please note that the Session A section of this course has been CANCELED.

SESSION B: July 7–August 15, 2025
Instructor: Matt Fennell
Day & Time: TTh 10 AM–1:10 PM

Intro to Playwriting: Character, Form, and Dialogue

SESSION A: May 26–July 4, 2025
Instructor: Mike Lew
Day & Time: TTh 1–4:10PM

CANCELED

Introduction to Moment Work

SESSION A: May 26–July 4, 2025
Instructor: NJ Agwuna with Moises Kaufman/Tectonic Theatre
Day & Time: MW 1–4:10 PM

CANCELED

Dramaturgy and Moment Work: Stranger than Fiction

SESSION B: July 7–August 15, 2025
Instructor: Leigh Fondakowski with Moises Kaufman/Tectonic Theatre
Day & Time: TTh 1–4:10 PM

CANCELED

Advanced Playwriting: Writing for Actors, Audiences, and You

SESSION A: May 26–July 4, 2025
Instructor: Stephen Adly Guirgis
Day & Time: MW 1–4:10 PM

CANCELED

New York Theatre Event

SESSION B: July 7–August 15, 2025
Instructor: Christopher Burney
Day & Time: MW 6–9:10 PM

Performing Protest in the Americas

SESSION A: May 26–July 4, 2025
Instructor: Leticia Robles Moreno
Day& Time: MW 1–4:10PM

CANCELED

Basic Drawing

SESSION A: May 26–July 4, 2025
Instructor: In June Park
Day & Time: TWTh 5:30–8:30 PM

Intro to Darkroom Photography

SESSION A: May 26–July 4, 2025

Section 001
Instructor: Alex McTigue
Day & Time: MW 1–3:30 PM

Section 002
Instructor: Jackie Silberbush
Day & Time: TTh 1–3:30 PM

Intro to Digital Photography

SESSION A: May 26–July 4, 2025
Instructor: Karen Dias
Day & Time: TTh 1–3:30 PM

Advanced Painting Intensive

SESSION A: May 26–July 4, 2025
Instructor: Naomi Safran-Hon, Director; Dana Lok, Co-Director; Matthew Deleget; Robin Cembalest, Jasmine Wahi
Day & Time: MTWThF 10 AM–6 PM

Advanced Printmaking Intensive

SESSION A: May 26–July 4, 2025

CANCELED

Painting I

SESSION B: July 7–August 15, 2025
Instructor: Calhan Hale
Day & Time: TWTh 5:30–8:30 PM

Printmaking: Silkscreen

SESSION A: May 26–July 4, 2025
Instructor: Zelmira Rizo Patron
Day & Time: TTh 6:15–9:25 PM

SESSION B: July 7–August 15, 2025
Instructor: Liz Schneider
Day & Time: MW 6:15–9:25 PM

PhotoBook History

SESSION B: July 7–August 15, 2025
Instructor: João Pina
Day & Time: TTh 1–3:30 PM

Photo Exhibitions

SESSION B: July 7–August 15, 2025
Instructor: Dana Buhl
Day & Time: MW 1–3:30 PM

How to Write Funny

SESSION A: May 26–July 4, 2025
Instructor: Patricia Marx
Day & Time: TTh 1:30–4:40 PM

Fiction Workshop

SESSION A: May 26–July 4, 2025
Instructor: Erroll McDonald
Day & Time: TTh 5:30–8:40 PM

SESSION B: July 7–August 15, 2025
Instructor: Dennard Dayle
Day & Time: TTh 5:30–8:40 PM

Poetry Workshop

SESSION A: May 26–July 4, 2025
Instructor: Timothy Donnelly
Day & Time: TTh 5:30–8:40 PM

SESSION B: July 7–August 15, 2025
Instructor: Dorothea Lasky
Day & Time: TTh 5:30–8:40 PM

Travel Writing

SESSION A: May 26–July 4, 2025
Instructor: Porter Fox
Day & Time: MW 5:30–8:40 PM

Writing About Art

SESSION B: July 7–August 15, 2025
Instructor: Thom Donovan
Day & Time: TTh 1:30–4:40 PM

Misfits and Misanthropes

SESSION A: May 26–July 4, 2025
Instructor: Frank Winslow
Day & Time: TTh 10 AM–1:10 PM

Writing Children’s Books

SESSION B: July 7–August 15, 2025
Instructor: Peter Catalanotto
Day & Time: TTh 10 AM–1:10 PM

Writing the YA Novel

SESSION A: May 26–July 4, 2025
Instructor: Emily Austin
Day & Time: TTh 10 AM–1:10 PM