As with all Sarah Lawrence classes, our non-credit offerings feature small classes, individual attention and lively interchange. Participants in non-credit programs enjoy the services of the College's library, access to campus lectures, special events, food services and convenient free parking. The Writing Institute offers adults the opportunity to improve their writing skills and to be a part of a community of writers. The Institute offers workshops in two eleven-week terms, fall and spring.
Workshops meet weekly for two hours and are scheduled in both the daytime and evening.
Every Writing Institute term includes workshops in poetry, fiction and memoir writing. Other frequently scheduled workshops include magazine feature writing, playwriting and screenwriting. October College and April College Both of these Colleges opens the Sarah Lawrence campus to adults through an offering of non-credit seminars in the liberal arts. The seminars meet once each week during each of the months mentioned. The two-hour seminars, conducted by senior members of the College's distinguished teaching faculty, are characterized by lively and challenging discussions.