37 Media and Marketing Summer Course Programs

A practical approach to the art of public speaking. Emphasis is on developing skills in speech types including impromptu, personal experience, interviewing, demonstration, persuasive, and special occasions. Materials include videotape, texts of famous speeches, and a final dinner program of speeches. Students evaluate presentations by others. $55 materials fee. The course was previously offered as CTL 118.

The Easter School “Writing the Essay Beyond Borders” is part of the activities of the Erasmus+ Project Essays Beyond Borders, in which Università di Pisa is a partner along with the universities of Malta, Ghent, and Groningen, as well as the Slovenian Writers’ Association.

This seminar serves as an introduction to the field of game studies by exploring the history of video games, their influence on our culture, and their status as works of art.

Become the entrepreneur of the next generation. The world is changing faster than ever before, therefore thinking ahead is key. In this Summer School, we will focus on current global issues and the need for alternative production processes and offer tools on becoming an entrepreneur in a challenging economic order.

In this course, students will learn how businesses communicate to their different stakeholders in the context of the Internet and social media, with a focus on how different communication models are used on the most popular social media platforms.

Storytelling is an extremely important skill for designers and researchers to master. This workshop will teach key storytelling strategies and techniques used in a variety of media, including fiction, non-fiction, film, art, and design; and show how to apply them to interaction design through a series of discussions and exercises.

A two-week residential pre-college program (Session 1) offered through the Eberhardt School of Business that examines how esports organizations generate revenue, explores core business functions and AI-driven analytics, and culminates in a student-designed mini tournament.