Learn the development process for short films with a focus on developing a short film treatment. At the end of the course you will have honed your idea and have a final short script or treatment ready for shooting.

Focus on story components that make for a good movie. Identify the various film genres and how style, form, content, mood, camera work, lighting, and pacing work together to deliver a satisfying cinematic experience.

Comprehensive overview of story analysis and the tools used by the professional reader. Throughout the course, you learn and practice coverage skills while gaining an understanding of the elements of story.

In this capstone course of the Directing Certificate Program, improve your filmmaking skills through the creation of a short film that is screened for an invited audience after the end of the course.

Understand how to produce a film from buying/development all the way to release/marketing, including each stage of development, their affect on the other stages, and how the producer is conducive of their interdependency.

Learn to recognize and apply the directorial skills for a successful artistic collaboration with performers. You will select one dramatic and one comic scene then cast, rehearse, and present the scenes in class.

This interactive course provides you with career strategies that help generate audition opportunities and skills that can increase your ability to book the job.

Explore basic concepts of the Meisner approach to acting with a focus on creating and living in imaginary circumstances.

Crisis on any scale is an inevitability in the world today. As a leader, learn how to prepare for crisis and build the skills you need to resolve and mitigate crisis situations impacting your organization or community.  

This course offers a comprehensive exploration of affordable housing development, covering both family and senior communities. It addresses fundamental questions such as why and how to develop…

Osher (50+). This course allows students the opportunity to read aloud and discuss one of William Shakespeare's plays. Students do not need prior acting experience, only a passion for exploring Shakespeare's genius and a copy of the play.   

Osher (50+). In this course, we look at how mythological birds have influenced and inspired classical music. 

Osher (50+). In this course, we screen and discuss three post-war and three contemporary Italian films.

Osher (50+). In this course, we read the parables of Jesus and discuss how they address religious, spiritual and ethical themes.

This course will explore the meaning, role and power of diversity for individuals and institutions, with an emphasis on diversity within education, and in particular, within higher education. …

Osher (50+). In this course, we explore the obstacles and achievements of women in the field of science.

Osher (50+). In this course, we discuss the emergence of a new axis of evil, comprised of China, Iran, North Korea, and Russia.

Osher (50+). In this course, we explore the avant-garde art and artists from the early twentieth century. 

Osher (50+). In this course, we explore the Empire style, the late Neoclassical style that characterizes artistic creations of the era.

Osher (50+). In this course, we screen and discuss seven movies that explore the parent-child relationship.