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
Augmented Creativity: practical uses of AI in storytelling, art, and design
SESSION: TBA
INSTRUCTOR: TBA
Day & Time: TBD
Contemporary Global Documentary
SESSION A May 26–July 4, 2025
Instructor: Joshua Glick
Day & Time: TBD
Film Criticism and Story Development
SESSION: TBA
INSTRUCTOR: TBA
Day & Time: TBD
Hollywood in China
SESSION: TBA
INSTRUCTOR: TBA
Day & Time: TBD
Horror Movies and NYC
SESSION: TBA
INSTRUCTOR: Fareed Ben-Youseff
Day & Time: TBD
Intro to the Study and Theory of Film
SESSION B July 7–August 15, 2025
Instructor: Jason LaRiviere
Day & Time: TBD
Narrative Design for Video Games and Interactive Experiences
SESSION A May 26–July 4, 2025
INSTRUCTOR: TBA
Day & Time: TBD
Video Games and Film
SESSION B July 7–August 15, 2025
Instructor: Iesh Thapar
Day & Time: TBD
Developing the Low-Budget Film
SESSION B July 7–August 15, 2025
Instructor: Sarah Oh
Day & Time: TBD
Producing the Low Budget Film
SESSION A May 26–July 4, 2025
Instructor: Joshua Troxler
Day & Time: TBD
Screenwriting I : Introduction
SESSION A May 26–July 4, 2025
Instructor: Loren-Paul Caplin
Day & Time: TBD
Tech Arts | Post Production with Davinci Resolve
SESSION A May 26–July 4, 2025
Instructor: TBD
Day & Time: TBD
TV Writing
SESSION A May 26–July 4, 2025
Instructor: Danielle Dougé
Day & Time: TBD
SESSION B July 7–August 15, 2025
Instructor: Matt Fennell
Day & Time: TBD
Intro to Playwriting: Character, Form, and Dialogue
SESSION A May 26–July 4, 2025
Instructor: Mike Lew
Day & Time: TBD
Introduction to Moment Work
SESSION A May 26–July 4, 2025
Instructor: Leigh Fondakowski with Moises Kaufman/Tectonic Theatre
Day & Time: TBD
Dramaturgy and Moment Work: Stranger than Fiction
SESSION B July 7–August 15, 2025
Instructor: Amy Seidel with Moises Kaufman/Tectonic Theatre
Day & Time: TBD
Advanced Playwriting: Writing for Actors, Audiences, and You
SESSION B July 7–August 15, 2025
Instructor: Stephen Adly Guirgis
Day & Time: TBD
New York Theatre Event
SESSION B July 7–August 15, 2025
Instructor: Christopher Burney
Day & Time: TBD
Performing Protest in the Americas
SESSION B July 7–August 15, 2025
Instructor: TBD
Day& Time: TBD
Basic Drawing
SESSION A May 26–July 4, 2025
Instructor: TBD
Day & Time: TBD
Intro to Darkroom Photography
SESSION A May 26–July 4, 2025
Instructor: TBD
Day & Time: TBD
SESSION B July 7–August 15, 2025
Instructor: TBD
Day & Time: TBD
Intro to Digital Photography
SESSION A May 26–July 4, 2025
Instructor: Karen Dias
Day & Time: TBD
Advanced Painting Intensive
SESSION A May 26–July 4, 2025
Instructor: TBD
Day & Time: MTWRF 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: TBD
Day & Time: TBD
Printmaking: Silkscreen
SESSION A May 26–July 4, 2025
Instructor: TBD
Day & Time: TBD
SESSION B July 7–August 15, 2025
Instructor: TBD
Day & Time: TBD
PhotoBook History
SESSION B July 7–August 15, 2025
Instructor: João Pina
Day & Time: TBD
Photo Exhibitions
SESSION B July 7–August 15, 2025
Instructor: João Pina
Day & Time: TBD
How to Write Funny
SESSION: TBD
Instructor: Patricia Marx
Day & Time: TBD
Fiction Workshop
SESSION A May 26–July 4, 2025
Instructor: Erroll McDonald
Day & Time: TBD
SESSION B July 7–August 15, 2025
Instructor: TBD
Day & Time: TBD
Poetry Workshop
SESSION A May 26–July 4, 2025
Instructor: Timothy Donnelly
Day & Time: TBD
SESSION B July 7–August 15, 2025
Instructor: Dorothea Lasky
Day & Time: TBD
Travel Writing
SESSION: TBD
Instructor: Jason LaRiviere
Day & Time: TBD
Writing About Art
SESSION: TBD
Instructor: TBD
Day & Time: TBD
Misfits and Misanthropes
SESSION A May 26–July 4, 2025
Instructor: Frank Winslow
Day & Time: TBD
Writing Children’s Books
SESSION: TBD
Instructor: TBD
Day & Time: TBD
Writing the YA Novel
SESSION A May 26–July 4, 2025
Instructor: Emily Austin
Day & Time: TBD