Courses

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All Summer 2023 courses are scheduled to be in-person.

Columbia students do not need to apply (with the exception of the Advanced Painting Intensive), 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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SESSION A (First Half Term) courses are May 22–June 30, 2023
SESSION B (Second Half Term) courses are July 3–August 11, 2023
SESSION X (Full Term) courses are May 22–August 11, 2023

Film

Contemporary Global Documentary

May 22–June 30, 2023
Instructor: Joshua Glick
Mon, Wed @ 1 - 4:10PM

Intro to the Study and Theory of Film

July 3–August 11, 2023
Instructor: Jason LaRiviere
Tues, Thurs @ 1 - 4:10PM

Producing the Low-Budget Film

July 3–August 11, 2023
Instructor: Joshua R. Troxler
Tues, Thurs @ 9 - 12:10PM

Screenwriting I: Introduction

May 22–June 30, 2023
Instructor: Loren-Paul Caplin
Tues, Thurs @10 - 1:10PM

TV Writing

July 3–August 11, 2023
Instructor: James Tyler
Tues, Thurs @ 1 - 4:10PM

World Cinema: Mexico

May 22–June 30, 2023
Instructor: Breixo Viejo
Tues, Thurs @ 9AM - 1PM

Theatre

New York Theatre Event

May 22–June 30, 2023
Instructor: Morgan Jenness
Tues, Thurs @ 7:00 - 10:10PM

Visual Arts

Advanced Painting Intensive

**CANCELLED**
May 22–June 30, 2023
Instructors: Michael Berryhill, Matthew Deleget, Yasi Alipour
Monday–Friday, 10am–6pm

Advanced Printmaking Intensive

**CANCELLED**
May 22–June 30, 2023
Instructors: Tomas Vu-Daniel, Jennifer Nuss, Nathan Catlin
Monday–Friday, 10am–6pm

Basic Drawing

July 3–August 11, 2023
Instructor: Calvin Kim
Tues, Wed, Thurs, 5:30–8pm

Painting I

May 22–June 30, 2023
Instructor: Nicholas Farhi
Tues, Wed, Thurs, 5:30–8pm

Intro to Darkroom

May 22–June 30, 2023
Instructor: João Pina
Tues, Thurs @ 6:15 - 9:25PM

July 3–August 11, 2023
Instructor: Elisheva Gavra
Mon, Weds @ 6:15 - 9:25PM

July 3–August 11, 2023
Instructor: Motohiro Takeda
Tues, Thurs @ 6:15-9PM

Printmaking: Silkscreen

May 22–June 30, 2023
Instructor: Xinyi Liu
Tues, Thurs @ 6:15 - 9:25PM

July 3–August 11, 2023
Instructor: Shuai Yang
Mon, Weds @ 6:15 - 9:25PM

Writing

Writing About Art

July 3–August 11, 2023
Instructor: Thom Donovan
Mon, Weds @ 1:00 - 4:10 PM

Beginning Fiction Workshop

**CANCELLED**
May 22–June 30, 2023
Instructor: Jean Kyoung Frazier
Mon, Weds @ 10:00AM - 1:10PM

Fiction Workshop

May 22–June 30, 2023
Instructor: Erroll McDonald
Mon, Weds @ 5:30 - 8:40PM

July 3–August 11, 2023
Instructor: Molly McGhee
Tues, Thurs @ 5:30 - 8:40PM

How to Write Funny

July 3–August 11, 2023
Instructor: Patricia Marx
Mon, Wed @ 5:30 - 8:40PM

Nonfiction Workshop

May 22–June 30, 2023
Instructor: Jessi Stevens
Tues, Thurs @ 1 - 4:10PM

July 3–August 11, 2023
Instructor: James Yeh
Mon, Weds @ 5:30 - 8:40PM

Poetry Workshop

May 22–June 30, 2023
Instructor: Timothy Donnelly
Tues, Thurs @ 5:30 - 8:40PM

July 3–August 11, 2023
Instructor: Dorothea Lasky
Tues, Thurs @ 5:30 - 8:40PM

Travel Writing

May 22–June 30, 2023
Instructor: Porter Fox
Mon, Weds @ 5:30 - 8:40PM

Writing Children's Books

July 3–August 11, 2023
Instructor: Peter Catalanotto
Tues, Thurs @ 9AM - 12:10PM

Writing the Young Adult Novel

July 3–August 11, 2023
Instructor: Emily Austin
Tues, Thurs @ 1 - 4:10PM