Courses

Why is every performance different, when the score remains the same? This course will provide insight into the decision-making process of an interpreter and the factors involved and offers an overview of some of the great and frequently notorious conductors of the historical and modern eras.

Art is – thrillingly – always with us, and ever new. In Plato’s Symposium, Socrates and Diotima describe eros as the desire that drives one toward that which draws one: the loving of humans, the begetting of works of art, the founding of cities, the clamoring to understand that is philosophia.

Animism—the belief that animals, places, and things all have a “soul” or spiritual essence—may be one of the oldest known forms of religion. Interestingly, this supposedly primitive tradition experienced something of a comeback among some of the twentieth century’s most prominent English writers.

Few forms beckon like the personal essay. There is its whisper-in-your-ear intimacy, the mining of an "I" (and eye), the signature movement of mind as a drive for understanding that is highly individual manages to tap and thrum with what connects us, with the universal. For the writer, the potential for ideas is unlimited.

This course will pair Shakespeare’s works with those of other Elizabethan playwrights who influenced him and were influenced by him, and that are masterpieces in their own right. For the first class, please read Thomas Kyd’s The Spanish Tragedy.

The first quarter of a year-long sequence—a close, “deep” reading of Dostoyevsky’s monumental work, combined with reading and consideration of seminal reinterpretations and critical commentaries (e.g., Woolf, Kafka, Freud, Hesse, Sartre, and Camus—together with selections from more contemporary scholarly criticism).

This course gives participants a working knowledge of The Chicago Manual of Style, the most comprehensive and widely used style guide.

Data Understanding and Preparation, the first core course in the program, guides students through sourcing, preparing, and manipulating their data.

Students will deploy  the skills they learned in Basic Manuscript Editing in longer and more complex editing assignments. In addition, students will be introduced to working with style sheets and formulating author queries. The class will also address the challenges inherent in ensuring consistency in a changing manuscript.

In this introductory course, we will explore the art and craft of writing memoir. Students will draw upon their life experiences to create works that will explore both individual lives and the human condition in general. In-class writing exercises will be aimed at beginning larger pieces of writing.

The Writer's Studio Monthly Writing Group is designed for students working in creative nonfiction or fiction. Focused on monthly workshops, the group also provides writers a sense of community as well as an outlet for discussion of both practice and form.

This fast-paced introductory course ignites your enthusiasm for marketing and its blend of art and science that helps businesses and organizations achieve their goals.

This course covers the fundamental aspects of modern project management, both managerial and technical. Additionally, it gives the students direct experience in the use of appropriate tools and techniques to successfully execute a project.

Mastery of book manuscript editing requires a thorough knowledge of style and editorial judgment. What are the demands of the reader? How does an editor choose one style over another?

Our multi-year exploration of the Iliad approaches its midpoint, beginning with book 9 and the appeal to Achilles to return to battle. Achilles’ refusal of Agamemnon’s over-the-top offer to reconcile arguably sets the poem on its genre-making course.

Our multi-year exploration of the Iliad approaches its midpoint, beginning with book 9 and the appeal to Achilles to return to battle. Achilles’ refusal of Agamemnon’s over-the-top offer to reconcile arguably sets the poem on its genre-making course.

Copyright for Publishing Professionals provides a thorough and practical overview of copyright, focusing on the needs of professionals in editorial roles.

Stay motivated while writing your novel! This online class will offer craft discussions, intensive study of a mentor text, instructor feedback on a synopsis and eighty pages of work, and opportunities for revision.

This required course teaches you the terminology, tools, and techniques of financial accounting and shows you the relationships among major types of financial statements: balance sheets, cash flow statements, and income and expense statements.

Where does your writing come from? How can you access the deeper realms? In this class, we will experiment with different forms of meditation and visualization, in service of our writing. Meditation can help to calm anxieties and remove obstacles.