Bachelor Degree in Playwriting at Columbia University in the City of New York |
Columbia University in the City of New York
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Columbia University in the City of New York is a Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above Research Universities (very high research activity) with 22,655 students in New York, NY.
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This school offers the following degree levels:
Certificates/Less-than-2-year Certificate, Bachelor degree, Certificates/Postbaccalaureate Certificate, Masters degree, Certificates/Post-Master's Certificate, Doctor's degree, First-Professional degree, Certificates/First-Professional Certificate |
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Columbia University is one of the world's most important centers of research and at the same time a distinctive and distinguished learning environment for undergraduates and graduate students in many scholarly and professional fields. The University recognizes the importance of its location in New York City and seeks to link its research and teaching to the vast resources of a great metropolis. It seeks to attract a diverse and international faculty and student body, to support research and teaching on global issues, and to create academic relationships with many countries and regions. It expects all areas of the university to advance knowledge and learning at the highest level and to convey the products of its efforts to the world. |
Columbia University in the City of New York
Bachelor degree
Playwriting
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The playwriting program takes a pragmatic approach, stressing the process and development of a writer's skills. The philosophy of the program is based on the idea that the work must come from within the playwright. In order to write honestly, the writer must be able to make a connection between the conflicts in the play and those in his or her own emotional life. The fundamental approach in the classroom is through a series of sense-memory exercises that are the building blocks that form the true dramatic action of the play. Through this method the playwright ultimately finds his or her own unique voice. Over the course of two years of workshops, the students are exposed to three or four different teachers, with the constant throughline of the program advisor providing continuity. The classes do not aim to teach a specific form such as the one-act or the full-length play. Rather, the students' own voices are encouraged and developed appropriately. The classroom work is supplemented by readings and productions, which allow the works to be heard and seen by an audience while at the same time developing the tools of collaboration with directors, dramaturgs, and actors. The third year of study is devoted to internships in New York and regional theatres (the Shubert Internships) and the writing of the thesis, which consists of a full-length play.
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