Courses

Long works such as memoirs and novels must sustain voice, action, and reader interest for the duration. This course will address the unique challenges and opportunities of long-form prose, both fiction and creative nonfiction.

Where do ideas come from? Maybe from a half-remembered image from a dream. Or a sentence that forms in your head while you’re choosing apples in the grocery store. In this class, we will concentrate on chasing and catching such glimmers in our days and nights.

When children are your readers, play is paramount (and adults often love it, too!). In this session, we’ll explore how to bring play to the page in a way that connects with young audiences.

Ten-minute play festivals are happening all over the country. In this course, we will explore the fundamentals needed to write solid short plays. We will also examine how other writers have achieved success with this abbreviated art form.

Course Description

This elective course provides an overview of topics in behavioral economics. It focuses on using the concepts studied to both understand and improve financial (and other) decisions. Areas covered include thought systems, learning, biases, overconfidence, choices, and practical applications in finance and business.

Your story's beginning must capture and commit your audience to your tale. We'll explore how to launch your story unforgettably into audience imaginations through crafting deeply written characters and devising structure that satisfies and snares.

This intensive 3-day course is an immersion into the project management concepts, techniques and knowledge areas as covered in the Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM®), and the Project Management Professional (PMP®) certification examination administered by the Project Management Institute (PMI).

Contemporary readers and audiences expect today’s heroes to operate in a morally ambiguous universe and be themselves flawed. We are fascinated when these broken heroes rise above their situation and their flaws to demonstrate unexpected nobility.

Social media is an essential tool for companies who want to connect with their target audience, making it critical to any serious marketing plan. In this hands-on class, you'll learn how to analyze, design, and execute social media strategies for companies, brands, and organizations.

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.