Pace’s Precollege Immersion Program is a 2-week summer intensive held. As a participant, you’ll get a firsthand look at the college experience. During the program, students take classes with our Pace faculty and experience our downtown NYC campus.

Credit

Residential

Accepts International Students

Final project

The Precollege Summer Immersion Program is committed to expanding your horizons through a variety of specialized course work. On your application, you are asked to choose from one of the majors offered.

CINEMATIC STORYTELLING: AN INTRODUCTION TO FILMMAKING ON LOCATION
Through a study of the technology, art, and history of filmmaking, students will learn about the underlying principles, aesthetics, and techniques of film production. This course will introduce students with little or no previous knowledge of video and film to basic technical and aesthetic concepts related to cinematic storytelling and motion picture production on location.
Through readings, lectures, screenings, analysis, and group discussions, student gain a knowledge of the three stages of filmmaking: pre-production, production, and post-production, as they have evolved over the last century and how they exist today in the motion picture industry.
As the capstone project, students will write, produce, edit, and screen a short narrative video or photo project. Emphasis will be placed on constructing character and telling stories through composition, cinematography, sound, and editing.

GLOBAL BUSINESS AND ECONOMY
Gain a global view of economy and contemporary business. In this dynamic course, students will learn the cultural, social, economic, geographic, and political factors that affect the success of international business activities.
Using case studies and current events, class topics will cover foreign exchange market, international trade, impact of cultural differences in business, marketing in global marketplace, and career opportunities. At the end of the course, students will gain an understanding of the interconnectivity of our global business and economy.

HEALTH SCIENCE: INTRODUCTION TO NUTRITION
In this course, students will explore how the body turns food into energy through nutrient digestion and metabolism. Students will analyze their own bodies’ protein, fat and carbohydrate needs, and learn how movement and exercise changes those needs. Students will engage in group projects, discussions and presentations that address societal issues such as dietary misinformation on the Internet, food insecurity/food deserts, popular diets and dietary supplements.

PSYCHOLOGY OF HUMAN MOTIVATION, LEARNING, AND DEVELOPMENT
This course attempts to answer the existential questions: Why do people think and act in the ways that they do? To answer that, we will explore the psychology of human motivation, learning, and development. As we do so, we will encounter important issues in evolutionary psychology, human motivation, identity, morality, health, critical thinking, scientific/mathematical thinking, and problem solving. This, in turn, will lead us into an exploration of important psychological/philosophical questions that we must answer in our own lives: What is the meaning of life? How can we find happiness? Why do we do what we do (even sometimes when we know we shouldn't)? How do we best learn new things?
In addition to reading and discussing, students in this track will also conduct several observation-based studies of human behavior. The purpose of this course is to change the way you view yourself and provide different lenses for viewing the world around you.

ACTING FOR STAGE AND CAMERA
The acting for stage and camera program is a rigorous two-week intensive experience in which students learn to fully unleash their potential, truth, imagination, and creative energy. Students are taught acting by current Pace School of Performing Arts faculty and are offered unique professional guidance by performing arts professionals—all of whom are active artists in the field—in New York City, the entertainment capital of the world. Our talented students bring a wide range of experience, and our faculty are well-versed in recognizing these levels, and meeting students where they are at.
The morning session covers a physical and ensemble-based approach to theater, influenced by the teachings of Jacques Lecoq and Vsevolod Meyerhold. In these sessions, students are introduced to the fundamentals of collaborative performance—an essential training tool for all actors working towards any mode of performance—and begin to experience the fundamentals of creating original work.
The afternoon session has a double focus on script-based narrative storytelling using the Stanislavski’s System and his American disciples of the 20th Century as the central method of study, and a dynamic approach to monologues. Students will learn how to develop a character, analyze a text, uncover the playwright’s intention, and discover the truthful life of a character.
Throughout the two-week intensive immersion, students will work on preparing two contrasting monologues and will perform these in a showcase presentation to an invited audience of their peers and Pace faculty.

In addition to getting an early preview of college life, there are also a variety of benefits to participating in Pace's Precollege Summer Immersion Program:
You will have had an intensive and exceptional educational experience where you will have worked with like-minded students and faculty from around the world.
You will qualify for the Pace Precollege Summer Immersion Program $3,000 Annual Merit Scholarship as part of your financial aid package if you choose to attend Pace University and maintain a 3.0 GPA throughout your time at Pace.
You will automatically receive three elective course credits toward your Pace University degree for successfully completing the Precollege Immersion Program.
You will receive a competitive scholarship if you are admitted to the Pforzheimer Honors College at Pace University as an undergraduate student.

During the two weeks, we will have activities scheduled in the afternoon and evening both on- and off-campus for Precollege students to connect with Pace's campus, other Precollege students, and explore NYC. We will have two planned activities on Saturday, July 15 and Sunday, July 16. There will also be times for students to work on homework or just relax.

Immersion Program

Jul 09 - Jul 22

2 weeks

Residential

3400 USD

Program cost includes tuition, housing, breakfast and dinner, class materials and program activities. Students must arrange transportation to and from the campus at the start and end of the program.

Financial Aid

No financial aid is available.