Evening (Non-Residential) Programs
Telling Stories for the Screen
Instructor: Rodney Stringfellow
$1,500
Mondays & Thursdays, July 14–July 31
6 p.m.-8:30 p.m.
Introduce yourself to the craft of screenwriting by telling an original story from your own unique perspective. Examine concepts and techniques relevant to screenwriting for features or shorts, including three-act structure, characters, dialogue, action, and format. In addition to exploring different approaches to narrative screenwriting, the course will emphasize individual development. Through lectures, screenings, writing exercises, and one-on-one sessions, you will be given the tools to develop your writer’s voice and to begin work on your own screenplay.
Free Verse Poetry: Reining In & Letting Loose
Instructor: Tess Christiano
$1,500
Mondays & Thursdays, July 14–July 31
6 p.m.-8:30 p.m.
Discover the uniqueness of contemporary American free-verse poetry. Workshops will focus on how to use essential components of the poem from emotional impulse and tone to metaphor and transitions in your own work. Through readings, in-class writing exercises, and workshopping, you will learn how to clear a path to communicate your personal views into creative, effective poetry.
Precise Stories and Creative Essays:
Writing Across Your Life
Instructors: Lyde Sizer and Alexandra Soiseth
$1,500
Mondays & Thursdays, July 14–July 31
Two Sections Available:
- Section 1: 4-6:30 p.m.
- Section 2: 7 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
Using examples from memoir, expository essays, and short fiction, this course will help you hone your skills as a writer of the personal essay. While we will give you a chance to work on your Common Application Essay questions, this class is for any writer who wants to improve their creativity and precision. Classes will include theatre, in-class writing assignments, and lots of time set aside to workshop your writing.
Cryptology: The Science and Art of Secret Communication
Instructor: Michael Siff
$1,500
Mondays & Thursdays, July 14–July 31
6-8:30 p.m.
As we become ever more reliant on the Internet and the World Wide Web, cryptology has begun to play a crucial role in everyday life. This course addresses questions such as: How can you send and receive e-mail and text messages without fear that other people are eavesdropping on your conversations? When you surf the Web, who else knows what pages you visit? How can you trust that a Web site or e-mail has actually been written by its purported author? Should you be willing to use your credit card or Social Security numbers online? Can cryptology help establish a cashless society? To answer these questions, we go back in time and begin with an historical survey of cryptological techniques from ancient times up to World War II and Alan Turing's code-breaking efforts against the German Enigma machine. Consider how computers have changed the theory and practice of cryptology, facilitating both cryptography (encryption) and cryptanalysis (decryption). Discuss how the advent of computer networks and the Web have ushered in an era of new challenges and new opportunities in cryptology. We consider applications of modern cryptology to several hot-button issues ranging from cyberterrorism to spam and viruses. We will conclude with a discussion of the ramifications of quantum mechanics on the future of cryptology.