About

Through our Sponsored Courses program, the Yale Center for Collaborative Arts and Media (CCAM) hosts courses from across the university, working with them to develop unique curricular experiences that activate our creative spaces and systems.

CCAM Sponsored Courses Spring 2026

Dana Karwas
ARCH 6114 The Mechanical Artifact
Mondays, 11:00 AM-12:50 PM
Leeds Studio (103)

Joey Moro
DRAM 272
Content Creation II: 3D and Previz
Tuesdays, 9:00–11:00 AM
Mac Lab (110)

Joey Moro
DRAM 172
Content Creation I: 2D and Camera
Tuesdays, 11:30 AM–1:30 PM
Mac Lab (110)

Jon Andrews
ART 3941
Intermediate Film Writing and Directing
Tuesdays, 1:30–5:20 PM
Mac Lab (110)

Thomas Allen Harris
AFAM 2320
Archive Aesthetics and Community Storytelling
Wednesday, 9:25 AM–12:10 PM (Class)
Leeds Studio (103)

Mike Szivos
ARCH 6104
Design Computation
Wednesdays, 2:00–3:50 PM
Leeds Studio (103)

Jon Andrews
ART 4943
Advanced Film Writing and Directing
Wednesday, 8:25 AM–12:20 PM
Mac Lab (110)

Charlie Musser
AMST 4464
Documentary Film Workshop
Wednesdays, 1:20–6:20 PM

Sarah Oppenheimer
ART 2984
Technology and the Promise of Transformation
Thursday, 8:25 AM – 12:20 PM
Leeds Studio (103)

Elliot Canfield-Dafilou
MUSI 4235
Spatial Aspects of Music Performance, Composition, and Research
Thursday, 3:30–5:20 PM
Leeds Studio (103)

Thomas Allen Harris
AFAM 2230/FILM 4340 (Lab)
Archive Aesthetics and Community Storytelling
Thursdays, 4:00–6:50pm
Mac Lab (110)

CCAM Sponsored Courses Fall 2025

Susan Youssef
CSES 2300: Sufism and 21st-Century Film
Mondays, 7:00 PM – 8:50 PM

Elise Morrison & Matthew Suttor
TDPS 4012: Creativity: Strategies and Practices for Getting Unstuck
Tuesdays, 10:30 AM – 12:20 PM

Sahraa Karimi
ART 2941/FILM 1610: Introductory Film Writing and Directing
Tuesdays, 1:30 PM – 5:20 PM

Joey Moro
DRAM 244a: 3D and So Can You!
Tuesdays, 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM

Joey Moro
DRAM 254a: Advanced Projection Integrations
Tuesdays, 11:00 AM – 1:20 PM

Ross Wightman
MUSI 4203: The Media of Sound: Experimental Approaches to Sound Recording and Media Design
Wednesdays, 1:30 PM – 3:20 PM

Jon Andrews
FILM 4930: Advanced Film Writing and Directing
Wednesdays, 9:00 AM – 12:20 PM

Charlie Musser
FILM 4550: Documentary Film Workshop
Wednesdays, 3:30 PM – 6:20 PM

Dana Karwas
ARCH 2222: The Mechanical Eye
Thursdays, 11:00 AM – 12:50 PM

Leighton Pierce
FILM 1900: Modes of Thinking Through Media Making
Thursdays, 10:30 AM – 12:20 PM

Application Process

Faculty teaching courses at Yale may email Dr. Matthew Suttor (CCAM Program Manager and Senior Lecturer, Yale College) to express interest. Faculty should reach out by the last day of fall break for the spring semester, or by the last day of spring break for the fall semester.

Please note:

• Only CCAM Sponsored Courses will be offered teaching space at the center.
• We do our best to balance demand and availability.
• CCAM sponsors courses taught by CCAM team members, which receive priority.
• Courses with a clear proposal to activate CCAM’s creative and technical spaces will receive highest consideration.

Collaboration Details

CCAM Sponsored Courses receive:

• One one-hour consultation with a CCAM team member(s) to review the course syllabus and develop the scope and goals of the collaboration.
• One class visit by a CCAM team member to speak about resources and procedures, i.e. equipment and space use.
• Course meetings in the CCAM Leeds Studio (Room 103) or CCAM Computer Lab (Room 110), per availability and scheduling.
• Additional time, pending availability, in the designated CCAM space(s) for students to work on their assignments or projects associated with the collaboration.

Available Spaces

The creative and technical spaces available to the CCAM Curriculum in Residence include the:

• CCAM Leeds Studio (a black-box studio equipped with motion-capture, projection-mapping systems, full-room video recording and live-streaming systems)
• CCAM Computer Lab (a classroom offering 12 Mac workstations with BenQ color grading-capable monitors installed with Adobe Suite and DaVinci Resolve; other software may be considered by request)

Both the Leeds Studio and the Computer Lab offer a Q-SYS A/V setup with one large projection screen.