NYU School of Continuing and Professional Studies Offers More than 1,500 Noncredit Courses This Summer

Over 70 Summer Intensive Courses Provide Professionals with Condensed Format, Immersive Study Options

NEW YORK, April 10, 2012 – The NYU School of Continuing and Professional Studies (NYU-SCPS) has opened registration for its Summer 2012 programs, including those with concentrated summer intensive formats. These intensive programs deliver in-depth learning experiences for professionals in a condensed format that is designed to accommodate busy schedules.

Ranging in duration from one week to 12 weeks, a wide array of summer intensive courses and programs are available during the day, evening, and weekends. More than 70 intensives are being offered this summer at NYU-SCPS, including courses in: information technology; digital design and film; foreign languages; leadership, entrepreneurship, and management; marketing; global affairs; philanthropy and fundraising; architecture, engineering and construction; real estate and writing and speech.

NYU-SCPS also offers more than 1,500 online and onsite courses and certificates taught by top industry professionals. In addition, summer institutes in global affairs, publishing, and taxation, as well as study abroad programs such as the United Nations in Geneva, East Africa Study, Modern British Drama (London), Jane Austen’s Regency England (Oxford), and Elizabeth and her Courtiers (Oxford).

Session I classes run from May 21 to June 29, and Session II courses run from July 2 to August 10.

Enrolling in a summer course or an intensive is a great way to hone your skills, increase your marketability, meet new people and network!

Browse courses and register for summer now at scps.nyu.edu/summer or call (212) 998–7200 for more information.

About the NYU School of Continuing and Professional Studies

Established in 1934, NYU-SCPS (scps.nyu.edu) is one of NYU’s several degree-granting schools and colleges, each with a unique academic profile. The reputation of NYU-SCPS arises from its place as the NYU home for study and applied research related to key knowledge-based industries where the New York region leads globally. This is manifest in the School’s diverse graduate, undergraduate, and continuing education programs in fields such as Real Estate and Construction Management; Hospitality, Tourism, and Sports Management; Global Affairs; Philanthropy and Fundraising; Graphic Communications Media, Publishing, and Digital Arts; Human Capital Management, Marketing, and Public Relations; with complementary strengths in the Liberal and Allied Arts; Translation and Interpreting; Management and Information Technology; and Finance and Taxation. More than 100 distinguished full-time faculty members collaborate with an exceptional cadre of practitioner/adjunct faculty and lecturers to create vibrant professional and academic networks that attract nearly 5,000 degree-seeking students from around the globe. In addition, the School fulfills the recurrent continuing higher education needs of local and professional communities, as evidenced by 55,000 annual enrollments in individual courses, specialized certificate programs, conferences, workshops, seminars, and public events. The School’s community is enriched by more than 25,000 degree-holding alumni worldwide, many of whom serve as mentors, guest speakers, and advisory board members.

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