Join us and discover our Introduction to Computers course at CUNY In The Heights! Technology Information Sessions offer future students the opportunity to explore our campus, ask questions and understand the distinct program offerings available at the Center. Join us for an information session about Introduction to Computers (CompTIA A+ Certification). This course prepares...
This course will focus on writing television outlines and scripts for network, premium cable outlets, and streaming services. Students will learn the basics of developing concepts, creating character, and breaking story. They will discover how to properly format television scripts and how to research and write television bible documents including outlines, description of the world...
This course introduces students to the art and craft of documentary filmmaking. A focus on analyzing non-fiction filmmaking history, storytelling techniques, genres, approaches, and current practices will take place throughout the semester. Students will learn about documentary proposal research and writing, budgeting, pre-production, production, and editing as they develop and write a proposal and produce,...
VAT 312 is a Multi-Camera Television Field Production class designed to further develop students' growth as television producers, directors and crew members. Building on skills developed in VAT 161, the course combines theoretical, practical, and intuitive approaches to aesthetic, organizational, and ethical problems specific to the production of televised event coverage as found throughout the...
Directing Actors for Camera focuses on directors working with actors and actors working with directors on preparing and presenting scenes in both three-camera and single camera environments. Working in actors enrolled in a simultaneously scheduled section of THE 280 Acting for the Camera, directors will audition/cast, prepare/rehearse, and direct/perform three scenes that present increasing levels...
This course will explore the use of moving pictures (film, video, and digital) as a form of expression and as an innovative means to strengthen media literacy utilizing both narrative and non-narrative strategies. Noteworthy works from the annals of avant-garde film and video will be screened and reviewed as a basis for the concepts and...
ESL 94RW is an integrated skills course that emphasizes academic writing and critical reading. In writing, students focus on introducing, developing, supporting, and organizing their ideas in descriptive, narrative, and expository formats. In reading, students develop comprehension through the practice of literal, inferential and critical reading skills, vocabulary development, flexible reading rates, and study skills....
This course introduces students to the relationship between the brain, human behavior, and experience. Topics may include: the structures and functions of the brain, and the neurological bases for learning, memory, sensation and perception, motivation and emotion, gender, addiction, and psychological disorders.Prerequisite: PSY 100
This course offers an examination of philosophical topics concerning the mind and consciousness. What is consciousness? What is the relation between the mind and the brain? What purpose does consciousness serve in humans and animals? Topics may include neuroscientific and evolutionary theories of consciousness, the nature of "self" and subjective experience, free will, dualism vs....
This course will explore how the discourse used in therapeutic and social welfare contexts reveals identities, attitudes, value/belief systems, and emotional states. We will investigate what we can learn about the therapist/social worker -client/patient relationship from the discourse each party uses, and what we can discover about the individuals involved through the language used. We...
