Courses

Into the royal courts of Egypt, Babylon, and Assyria poured vast collections of histories, poetry, liturgy, natural sciences, and diplomatic records.

Good project planning has long been shown to be one of the cornerstones of successful project performance. The challenges involved in the development of a sound project plan, however, are often overlooked.

The Basic Program UnCommon School at Morningstar is a partnership between Morningstar and the Basic Program of Liberal Education for Adults at the University of Chicago’s Graham School, designed to provide liberal arts courses and lectures to Morningstar employees.

The third course focuses on using the dataset prepared in the previous course to continue the process of data understanding. Students will learn to apply data visualization and data storytelling methods to describe patterns, and to iteratively form and test hypotheses related to the business questions.

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.

How do today's consumers find the products and services they want? They use internet search engines, of course! You're on the road to marketing success when your brands, products, services, and business locations come up first on Google, Yahoo, and Bing.

Instructor:  Joshua Daniel.  This short course is Part 2 of an exploration of the Latin American short story. This course stands alone from Part 1, but it’s worth stating that you will have a more multi-dimensional experience if you’ve taken the first part.

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?

Marketing today is undergoing a revolution. Digital tools and platforms from the Big Four (Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google) are changing how we shop. Every marketer is watching changes in online shopping and how we shop in stores. Digital Shopper Marketing is about how today’s marketers are winning in this new environment.

Are you suffering from writer's block or pondering your next writing project? Find your inspiration in this one-day fiction-writing class designed to get words on the page with inventive prompts and in-class writing time.

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?

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

Course open for registration to Business Analytics Students ONLY

Editing Electronically is a required course for students enrolled in the Editing Certificate. This course teaches students how to use Microsoft Word to make the editing process more efficient. Students will learn how to use common editing tools, such as redlining, more effectively.

This course provides an introduction to good clinical practice (GCP) in clinical research according to FDA regulations and International Conference on Harmonization (ICH) guidelines.

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.

Everyone has a story, and lately it seems like everyone in Chicago is taking to the stage to tell theirs. But what makes for truly riveting storytelling?

Like an Olympic gymnastics routine, the difference between a gold medal and no spot on the podium can depend on whether or not a story sticks the landing.

Jump into a daily practice of poetry with an inspirational prompt for a new poem sent to you each day. In our virtual class sessions, we will discuss the craft of poetry and strategies for the writing process, particularly dealing with the blank page.

Part of marketing in today's world requires a working knowledge of web analytics. This course offers the opportunity to learn the essentials and more. Find out how to track visitors to your web site: where they came from, what pages they view, how long they linger, what they buy, and whether they return.