2009 Precollege Summer Experience Brochure
Download the CCS Pre-College Summer Experience 2009 Brochure (2 MB, PDF) and application.
If you would like to be placed on a mailing list to receive an application via mail, please email the Continuing Education Office and request a Camp Application. Please provide complete name, mailing address, phone number and email address.
Precollege Summer Experience
Application Deadline
Applications are due by May 2, 2009 for scholarship consideration.
The final application deadline is May 30, 2009.
July 5 - August 1, 2009
CCS' precollege summer experience is designed to help you master the techniques, principles and materials that are the foundations of visual language. Come to improve your drawing skills and leave a big step closer to applying for college.
High school sophomores, juniors and seniors from across the country come together to learn from experienced faculty and accomplished artists. The Experience includes required and elective courses as well as guest speakers and studio visits. Students who successfully complete their course work earn college credit.
The Core (required)
- Life Drawing
- Art History
- Digital Portfolio Development
Major Elective options (choose one option)
Transportation Design • Product Design • Interior Design
Develop product design concepts using drawing, sketching
and ideation techniques. Create a vehicle brand image,
design the vehicle and related merchandise, and produce
a space specific for the brand from which to market,
promote or sell your designs.
Graphic Design • Advertising Design • Photography
Take on the role of art director to take your ideas from
concept development to storyboard, through production
and editing. Find out how the industry works combining
graphic and visual images to create unique identity
and branding strategies for print and video.
Animation • Illustration
Explore the world of animated entertainment. You’ll
go from story to drawn storyboards and character
development to time-based animation using your own
unique characters and environments. Use traditional
and digital animation techniques.
Crafts • Fine Arts
Design, model and prototype your own site-specific
sculpture. You will be trained in the metal shop, will
work with stone, and in the glass slumping studio.
You will be challenged to combine several materials
and techniques effectively.
Application Requirements
- $35 Application Fee (non-refundable)
- Complete application form
- 6-10 samples of your work (digital CD of scanned images or slides are accepted)
- Statement about a piece in your portfolio (250 words or less). Be sure to identify the piece you are writing about.
- Letter of recommendation (optional)
Tuition Details
Resident- Full Meal Plan $3,125
includes room and board, three meals on weekdays and 2 meals on weekend days, event admission fees, all materials*
Commuter- Full Meal Plan $2,855
includes three meals on weekdays and 2 meals on weekend days, event admission fees, all materials*
Commuter- Lunch Only Meal Plan $2,325
includes lunch only on weekdays, event admission fees, all materials*
* for complete details about enrollment levels please see the complete application brochure available January 2009 or inquire with the CE Office.
Precollege Summer Experience Scholarships
Women in Automotive Design Scholarships
Sponsored by Ford Motor Company.
CCS's PCSE has been nationally-recognized as an outstanding Learning in the Arts program by the National Endowment for the Arts.
