Entertainment Leadership & Management Specialization Courses

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Project Management

Fundamentals of Project Management

Gain the skills to manage your daily projects efficiently and effectively. This course provides a comprehensive understanding of the foundational framework that underpins all successful projects, along with essential tools, techniques, and knowledge necessary for achieving optimal project outcomes.

Creative AI Skill

AI Systems and Technology Fundamentals

Understanding the basic functionality of hardware, software, network, and database components is crucial in AI systems. This foundational knowledge is essential for effective implementation of AI solutions and engagement with the technologies.

AI Toolsets and Workflows for Creative Production

For creative professionals and students ready to move beyond individual AI tools and start building production-ready systems. The focus is pipeline thinking, connecting text, image, video, and audio generation into modular, repeatable workflows that hold up in a professional context. Each session adds a new layer to the production stack, from prompting and image generation through performance capture, compositing, upscaling, and audio. Students chain tools together into consistent ComfyUI workflows, grounded in a core principle: human judgment, storytelling intent, and hybrid filmmaking are what make AI-assisted work audience worthy. Designed for writers, directors, producers, actors, editors, animators, and creative technologists ready to create distributable content with AI, not just experiment with it. No prior AI experience required. The course culminates in an original 30 to 60 second short film built through the tools and techniques developed throughout the term.

Industry Specialization

The Business of Entertainment

This introductory course examines the changing business issues associated with the entertainment industry through lectures, discussions with industry guests, and case studies.

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