Early College Program Summer Institute: Seoul

DATES 
Monday, June 17–Friday, June 28, 2024 
9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

$3,570 (2.0 college credits) 

COLLEGE CREDITS 
Upon successful completion of the program, students will receive college credits that may be transferable to other accredited institutions. Students must be at least 15 years old and not older than 18 years of age, and have completed grade 10 of their secondary school to enroll for credit. 

CLOSING EXHIBITION 
Following the ECPSI course, there will be an exhibition on Seoul Foreign School’s campus, as well as a presentation for students and their families.

Instructor: Beth Hetland

Bring your creative interests and learn traditional and non-traditional drawing and painting techniques in this exciting class. You will work one-on-one with your faculty as you push your skills to the next level. You may choose to work in a variety of media- wet and dry media, ink, pencil, charcoal, collage, observational drawing, storyboarding, or a combination of different materials. The course will include demonstrations geared to your passions, visiting artist presentations, as well as time for self-directed work and comprehensive faculty advising. You’ll engage in discussions and critiques with your peers, create portfolio-quality work, and receive comprehensive guidance on developing competitive applications for college admissions to art and design programs.

Learn more about the instructor:

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Beth Hetland is an award-winning educator and critically acclaimed cartoonist. She teaches several comics and comics-adjacent courses at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She has a variety of solo works in addition to collaborative projects with long-time collaborator and best friend, Kyle O'Connell. Her most recent book, Tender, is published with Fantagraphics. beth-hetland.com

Instructor: Eric Hotchkiss

In this course you will learn about contemporary design with a focus in Designed Objects. Through collaborative work and one-on-one mentoring, you will develop design ideas, research, draft, and develop individualized projects and proposals. You will learn about contemporary designers and build design skills from drawing, researching, and ideation. The course will include demonstrations geared to your passions, as well as time for self-directed work and comprehensive faculty advising. You’ll engage in discussions and critiques with your peers, create portfolio-quality work, and receive comprehensive guidance on developing competitive applications for college admissions to art and design programs.

Classes will be held at Seoul Foreign School (SFS):
39 Yeonhui-ro 22-gil
Seodaemun-gu
Seoul, South Korea, 03723 

Website: seoulforeign.org

About Seoul Foreign School
SFS was one of the first 200 schools worldwide authorized to offer the IB program of instruction, and has been “inspiring excellence and building character” for more than 100 years.

All faculty are practicing artists who bring their real world experience into the classroom to help you develop a more meaningful art-making practice. These faculty also teach in the undergraduate degree program at SAIC. 

You will receive two college credits upon the successful completion of the session.

These are studio classes and you will be actively making artwork. You will participate in demos, lectures, and critiques — all with the intention of making portfolio quality work for college admissions. Prepare to walk away with artwork that you can use as part of a competitive merit scholarship portfolio.

Students in grades 10-12 are required to enroll for college credit. 
Current 9th graders can register for non-credit for $1200 USD.

All courses have 10 or less students per class providing you with a phenomenal teacher-to-student ratio.

All requests to drop a class must be submitted in writing to ecp@saic.edu and include the student’s name, ID number, and course information. 100 percent of tuition is refundable if courses are dropped by April 1, 2024. No refund will be given for classes dropped after this date. Refunds can take up to four to six weeks to process.