THE FALL ARTS & MEDIA PROGRAM
WHAT A full semester of Duke credit while in New York. An internship for Duke credit in an arts and media organization or business (Eng 181C; employers often require course credit). Two Duke courses taught by Duke professors: a seminar (English 181B; R, W, ALP) a guest speaker course (English 181A; STS, ALP); credit for other majors, programs, and certificates often given. An NYU course. Free tickets to plays, concerts, opera, museum shows, clubs, and more! Meetings with leaders in the arts and business.
WHEN DiNY’s Fall Arts and Media Program runs during Duke’s Fall semester. Offered every year.
WHERE Classes meet in NYU's Kimmel Center in historical and vibrant Greenwich Village. Students live on special student floors run by the Educational Housing Service at The Hotel New Yorker in midtown Manhattan.
WHO 20-25 Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors from all majors at Duke eager to live, study, intern, and play in the world’s most exciting city.
WHY The Fall is the perfect time to immerse yourself in New York and to get experience in the industry of your dreams. The weather’s good; the art and nightlife, great. You’ll get to complete a full semester at Duke with Duke professors and students -- while working towards your professional future. You get to intern as part of a regular Duke semester: no need for the extra expense of a summer in New York.
You get to live in New York without all the unknowns that the city can present. You get to sample a different kind of course at NYU. And you get to have all the amazing cultural experiences that only New York can give.
There’s more time and more things to do than during the Summer. You get an internship for Duke credit – but so much more, including the chance to meet spectacular guest speakers, one of the favorite parts of the DiNY’s Fall Arts and Media Program experience.
You have the full resources of DiNY’s Fall Arts and Media Program and Duke Study Abroad (GEO-U) behind you.
HOW MUCH You pay just your regular Duke tuition, plus a non-refundable $1000 program fee which gives you free subway passes, the best museum pass ever, tickets to Broadway, off-Broadway, and off-off Broadway shows, jazz clubs, opera, dance, concerts, and some free meals.
As at Duke, a range of room types are available. Housing costs will be charged to your Bursar account. Accomodations will be made for students who are unable to meet any additional housing costs.
Students on financial aid remain eligible while attending Duke in New York. Work-study is often available; talk to us if you have special needs.
FALL COURSES
181A,S. Making Media. ALP, STS.
The arts and media never just happen. They require contributions from many people from writers to actors, stage managers to arts management staff, musicians to fund-raisers – you name it. And, increasingly, all these professionals use and depend on technology of increasing complexity. Making Media gives you a chance to meet and talk with important people who make the arts and media happen. Guests will discuss what they do, how they do it, the role technology plays, and how they interact with society. Readings and participation in intense question and answer period required. Two short papers plus a final project required. Open only to students in the Fall DiNY Arts and Media Program. Torgovnick and staff. One Course.
This course may be used as a 100-level electiove towards an English major. Credit towards other majors and certificates possible with approval of the appropriate DUS.
181B,S The Arts in New York: Documenting New York. ALP, R, W
Through literature, non-fiction, and films, students learn about New York's rise to cultural preeminence during the 20th century and its evolution in the 21st. Topics to be covered in class include: immigration narratives and the history of New York as visible in short stories, neighborhoods, and films; Modernism and post-Modernism in the city; histories of the publishing industry and institutions such as Lincoln Center and the Museum of Modern Art.
Outside of class, students attend performances, exhibitions, films, concerts, and other events as a group; during part of each class, they discuss what they have seen and prepare for what they will see next. Special tours introduce them to the city's venerable institutions and vibrant neighborhoods. Readings, participation in class, two short papers, and an 8-10 page research paper are required. Students also do a final project that counts as well towards English 181A,S. Open only to students in the Fall DiNY Arts and Media Program. Torgovnick and staff. One course.
This course may be used as a 100-level elective towards the English major. Credit for other majors and certificates is often possible through the appropriate DUS.
Eng 181C. Internship in New York
Immersion in the professional world through a job with an arts organization, an artist, a not-for-profit, a media outlet such as television or film, or a business that interacts with the arts and media, such as advertising, entertainment law, CD or DVD production, fashion, public relations, advertising, and events planning. Students are required to work 15-20/hrs per week; a maximum of 20 hours is strongly recommended. A 10-15 page research paper, involving a list of readings submitted early in the semester, is required for Duke Credit. Offered only for DiNY students. One course.
INSTRUCTORS
Marianna Torgovnick is a Professor of English with wide interests in the arts and media, including film and publishing. She is the author of six critical books, including the acclaimed Gone Primitive and the American Book Award winning Crossing Ocean Parkway. Born in New York and a graduate of both NYU and Columbia, she knows the city well and loves to share her enthusiasm for the city with Duke students.
As Director of the program, Professor Torgovnick teaches each Fall, usually with one other teacher.
tor@duke.edu, www.duke.edu/~tor
Recent other faculty include: Sean Metzger (English and Theatre Studies), Jeff Storer (Theatre Studies), Anthony Kelley (Music) Maureen Quilligan (English) and Stanley Abe (Art History / Visual Studies). Information is available on departmental websites.