SUMMER SCHOLARS
July 12–July 25, 2015
INSTITUTE
Preparation for College Begins Now
Your Summer.
Your Pace.
Choose from four
areas of study:
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Administration
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Theater*
*Audition video required
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Psychology
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Theater Arts
Since 1999, Pace University’s innovative Summer Scholars Institute has offered
exceptional high school students the opportunity to experience college life early
and challenge themselves in university courses. We offer a superior program
of study with each of our majors providing students an in-depth and interactive
classroom experience, taught by our world-class Pace University faculty, to give
students a true sense of what makes a Pace education exceptional.
The 2015 Summer Scholars Institute runs from July 12 to July 25 at our New
York City Campus, nestled between City Hall Park and the South Street Seaport.
Students have the choice of commuting to Pace University each day for classes
and activities, or residing in the resident housing.
The Summer Scholars classroom experience is paired with active exploration of
New York City sites, such as New York museums, Times Square, Central Park,
Chinatown, Little Italy, and more. Students will interact with Pace University faculty,
staff, current students, Summer Scholars alumni, and students from all over the
world. Parents are invited to attend the opening and closing receptions, where they
meet Summer Scholars staff and faculty.
For more information, visit us online at
www.pace.edu/summerscholars.
Musical Theater Major*
(includes both topics)
Musical Theater Performance Technique
Musical Theater Performance Technique is a process-based
performance class that will teach the synthesis of emotional
life, singing, and movement skills as the foundation for a
truthful and authentic performance technique. Students
will learn to develop a character within the context of their
song and be able to identify the obstacle, objective, tactics,
and stakes. Vocally, students will work on breath control,
quality of tone, and use of the voice in different registers
in relationship to the character. Physically, students will
explore the brain to body connection, learning to sing from
a neutral, unaffected, physical place. The primary focus
however, is to learn to integrate these three skills. Most of
the time in class will be working on producing an honest
interpretation of the song.
Musical Theater Audition Technique
Musical Theater Audition Technique is a performance-based
class with an emphasis on preparation for professional/
college auditions. In this class, students will be assigned
music that is specific to their needs, based on the student’s
range, voice, and type. Students will leave this class with
the skills needed to audition. In addition, students will learn
about agents and casting directors. Students will also learn
the anatomy of all kinds of auditions. For the final, a panel of
casting directors and agents will audition each student and
give appropriate feedback.
*Musical theater requires an audition video. The video
should be uploaded to a private YouTube account and
students should include the link in their application packet
on a separate sheet of paper for Pace University to review.
The video should contain the following:
• One monologue under 90 seconds from a contemporary,
published, full-length play.
• Two contrasting 32-bar song selections (as separate
clips); contrasting could mean a difference in style and/
or vocal range.
• Optional: A clip featuring you as a dancer in a show,
competition, or other solo dance performance.
Theater Major
Acting Program
The acting program is a two-course study of both the history of
the craft of acting and preparation in audition technique. It is
incomparable to other summer programs of its type. Students
study acting for two weeks in New York, the theater capital of the
world, and are offered unique professional opportunities and
guidance. The morning course covers the technique of acting,
with a focus on the great masters, Stanislavsky, Stella Adler,
Lee Strasberg, and Sanford Meisner, and teaches students to
become aware of their own individual approach to the craft.
In the afternoon course, students are given age-appropriate
monologues from plays from which they could potentially be
cast. They learn how to approach a role, character development,
and crucial performance skills. These monologues culminate
in a showcase performance at the end of the program for their
peers and select Pace faculty. This class greatly emphasizes
proper audition technique and the fundamentals of the acting
business. Students learn audition etiquette, proper attire, how to
find appropriate material, and how to find and submit for current
plays, films, and television projects.
Psychology Major
(includes both topics)
Psychology of Learning and Motivation
This course provides an overview on human learning and
development. It focuses on important issues in education and
the ways in which people learn. This course provides students
with an introduction to effective learning. It examines important
issues in motivation, identity, morality, health, critical thinking,
scientific/mathematical thinking, and problem solving and other
aspects of our lives. It examines an essential question of what
motivates human behavior and why we do the things we do. This
course explores the work of important educational researchers
such as Jean Piaget, Lev Vygotsky, John Dewey, Howard Gardner,
Erik Erikson, James Marica, Lawrence Kohlberg, Abraham Maslow,
Urie Bronfenbrenner, and George Polya.
Discovering Psychology
This course introduces the student to the scientific study of
behavior and mental processes. Modern psychology is broad
in scope and rich in detail. The topics in this course have
been chosen to provide a representative sample of important
areas of active interest in psychology today. Topics include:
introduction and research methods, neurosciences and biological
foundations, sensation and perception, learning, memory,
lifespan development, motivation and emotion, personality,
psychological disorders, therapy, and social psychology.
Business Administration Major
(includes both topics)
Contemporary Business Practices
This interdisciplinary course will introduce students to the
functions of business and their interrelationships. Students
will work in teams to run simulated companies. Development
of business writing and speaking, presentation and data
analysis skills will be emphasized. This course is required
as part of the Pace University Lubin Business Core for all
business majors. It will introduce students to what business
courses in college are really like.
Interactive and Direct Marketing
This course presents the use, application, and theory of direct
response marketing in the context of integrated marketing
communications and new electronic media. It examines and
evaluates direct marketing financial models for their strategic
and tactical applications. It also presents interactive marketing
techniques and technologies and emerging metrics of global
e-business. Students will be required to develop strategic
interactive marketing campaigns for business-to-business
and/or business-to-consumer markets for traditional and
electronic marketplaces.
Please note: Some course descriptions are from last summer
and will likely remain similar this year. However, course
content is designed in conjunction with topics that will
generate student interest and are topics of expertise held by
the professors who teach the course. While effort will be made
to keep the current courses as they are presented here, course
descriptions and content may change.
Why become a Pace Summer Scholar?
The Pace Promise
If you choose to become a Pace Summer Scholar, here is our promise
to you:
• You will automatically receive a letter of recommendation
from Brice A. Particelli, PhD, director of the Summer Scholars
Institute, for any college to which you apply.
• You will receive a competitive scholarship if you are admitted
to the Pforzheimer Honors College at Pace University as an
undergraduate student.
• You will qualify for the Pace Summer Scholars Institute $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 four years at Pace.
• You will automatically receive three elective course credits
toward your Pace University degree for successfully completing
the Summer Scholars Institute Program.
That is our Pace Promise to you.*
*The Pace Promise is contingent upon your successful completion of the program.
Summer Scholars Institute 2015
Application Deadline: June 12, 2015
Please Note: Your application must be accompanied by a $50 nonrefundable deposit, which will go
toward the cost of your tuition. The cost of the program for 2015 is $1,400 for commuter students
and $2,400 for resident students.
Pace University
Office for Student Success
One Pace Plaza 2nd Floor, Room Y21, New York, NY 10038
Telephone: (212) 346-1192 | Fax: (212) 346-1948
[email protected]
www.pace.edu/summerscholars