Dual Degree Colloquium

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The Dual Degree Colloquium is a mandatory class for students already accepted into the Stern/Tisch BS/BFA Dual Degree Program and is designed to provide an opportunity for dual degree students to collectively examine and analyze the evolution and changes taking place within the entertainment industry. The guiding principle of the colloquium will be to provide you with a single class that allows you to explore the intersection and overlap between the art of storytelling and business and financial issues. It will also provide you the opportunity to create unique projects that blend creative and business tenets and skills. We will be examining and addressing innovation and changes within the film and TV industry, allowing you to apply what you are learning to the rapidly changing entertainment world. You will be required to develop your analysis and approaches/strategies to central issues confronting the entertainment industry. This colloquium will provide the opportunity to come together and develop a cohort by enabling the full dual degree group to have one, central class together. The colloquium, in part, will function as a “homeroom” that will allow you to support each other, to develop a collective identity and exchange strategies to get the most out of the program and to prepare for the transition to the professional world. It will also foster collaboration, since you will be required to work in teams on various colloquium projects. There will also be field trips to networks, production companies, technology sites, etc. to meet with experts such as TV network and film chiefs, bankers, financiers, entertainment lawyers, technology leaders, etc. We will also have a steady flow of guest speakers from all areas of the industry. Generally guest speakers will be invited to augment and add to previous discussions in their fields. This will allow the sessions with guest…