Winter intersession - January 2008
Degree program classes
Short-term travel courses
The following two courses are by application process only and their enrollment is limited. Applications may be downloaded (below) or are available in the Special Programs office in Vanderslice.
Download application for Artes y Artesemos: Study in Mexico (PDF)
Download application for Art on the Edge of Politics: Study in Vietnam and Cambodia (PDF)
Artes y Artesenos: Study in Mexico
*satisfies liberal arts requirement for Global/Comparative credit
SOCI 3800-01 and/or ARTHI 3800-01
December 29, 2007 - January 17, 2008
This course will provide first hand experience of the rich artistic and cultural heritage of ancient and modern Mexico. We begin in Mexico City with day trips to the ancient ruins of the Temple of the Sun at Teotihuacan, murals by Diego Rivera and the home and studio of Frida Kahlo. The following fifteen days will be spent in and around the city of Oaxaca in a high mountain valley in southern Mexico. There we will visit colorful local markets, galleries and museums and will meet with contemporary artists. Several days’ studio time will be spent in indigenous villages to participate in fiber, ceramic, collage and other hands-on workshops with local artisans and artists. This course presents an amazing opportunity to be immersed in a culture very different from our own. Students will receive three hours’ Liberal Arts credit in either Art History or Social Science, plus three hours of studio open elective credit.
Faculty: Richard Anderson, Liberal Arts,
Carolyn Kallenborn
Cost:
$4200 6 credit hours, airfare, and most expenses covered
$3650 3 credit hours, airfare and most expenses covered
$3150 0 credit hours, airfare and most expenses covered
Deadlines: Oct. 25 application and $250 deposit due
Nov. 16 full payment due
Art on the Edge of Politics: Study in Vietnam and Cambodia
HIST 3800-02 and/or SOCI 3800-02
*satisfies liberal arts’ requirement for Global/Comparative credit
January 2 - 24, 2008
Art on the Edge of Politics is a class conducted in Vietnam and Cambodia, two countries that are struggling to connect to the global economy, countries undergoing profound social, economic, political and cultural change. The class will spend one to two days in Kansas City beginning on January 2, 2008 and then leave for Vietnam. While the class will cover a wide range of topics, special emphasis is placed upon the political and military history of America’s long involvement in Vietnam. Battlefield tours include the French defeat at Dien Bien Phu, the gallant Marine stand at Khe Sanh near the DMZ, the battle for Hue during the Tet Offensive, the labyrinth of Viet Cong tunnels at Cu Chi, the infamous prison euphemistically referred to by its inmates as the “Hanoi Hilton,” as well as various military sites in Ho Chi Minh City.
You will meet with art students in Hanoi and Phnom Penh and so will have an opportunity to focus on contemporary art in both countries, but this topic will demand some additional research either before leaving or after we return. Other plausible and fascinating topics include the Champa civilization that flourished between the 2nd and the 13th centuries in central Vietnam, or the Khmer civilization represented by the temple complexes around Angkor Wat. Another area of interest may be the Cao Dai religion and their temples at Tay Ninh.
Faculty: Dr. Hal Wert, KCAI, Liberal Arts
Dr. Jim Willbanks, Command and General Staff College, Ft. Leavenworth
Cost:
$6,750 6 credit hrs (includes airfare, hotels, breakfasts & lunches)
$6,275 3 credit hrs (all of the above included)
$5,800 0 credit hrs (all of the above included)
Deadlines: Sept. 28 application and $250 deposit due
Oct. 12 one-half trip cost due
Oct. 25 final balance due
Classes
Monday, January 7 – Friday, January 25
Last day to drop/add Tuesday, January 8
Last day to withdraw Monday, January 21
Last day of class Friday, January 25
Liberal arts classes
Classes meet Monday through Friday unless indicated otherwise
Topics in Art as History: A Cinematic History of America in the ‘60s
HIST 3000-07
Topics in American Literature: A Cinematic History of America in the ‘60s
LITR 3100-02
Topics in Sociology: A Cinematic History of America in the ‘60s
SOCI 3300-02
The 1960s was an age of revolutionary change in American society, and nothing reflected that change more than American films. Indeed, films became the literature of this generation. From established directors to recent film school graduates, numerous creative radicals challenged conventional political stereotypes and social mores and helped to bring about a revolutionary change in American consciousness. For many people in the exploding youth generation, these films symbolized the height of social activism. Topics to be explored include the Cold War, Vietnam and the anti-war movement, race relations, the counter-culture, and the sexual revolution of the 1960s.
Faculty: Milton Katz
Location: EB 203
Time: 9:30 a.m. - 12:20 p.m.
Topics in Neuroscience: Biological Bases of Behavior
SCIE 3300-01
This is an introductory level course on the biological bases of behavior, including anatomy and physiology of the brain. Topics of study will include organization of the nervous system, brain structures and their functions, neurotransmitters, the five senses, neurological and psychiatric disorders, attention and consciousness, memory, language, mood and emotional processes.
Faculty:: Dr. Bambi Burgard
Location: EB 203
Time: 5:30 – 8:20 p.m.
Topics in Art as History: Modern Japanese Film
HIST 3000-08
Topics in Global/Comparative Studies: Modern Japanese Film
LITR 3616-02
*satisfies Liberal Arts’ requirement in Global/Comparative Studies
THIS CLASS WILL BE CANCELED BY OCTOBER 30 IF THE VIETNAM COURSE SECURES SUFFICIENT ENROLLMENT.
This course will begin with Japan’s return to the international film circuit in 1953 when Ugetsu by Kenji Mizoguchi was entered in the Venice Film Festival which resulted in the San Marco Silver Lion Award. Mizoguchi’s successful entry touched off a renaissance in Japanese film that came to include award-winning works by Yasujiro Ozu and by Akira Kurosawa. In the 1950s, Japanese film captured a wide international audience and has remained a source of innovative new film. Recent controversial films that deal with drug addiction and social dislocation include Ishii Sogo’s Angel Dust and Tsukamoto Shinga’s Tetsuo the Iron Man, a shocking protest against industrialization.
Faculty: Hal Wert
Location: EB 217
Time: 9:30 a.m. - 12:20 p.m.
Topics in Film History: Film Noir
ARTHI 3504-02
Film Noir, a French term literally meaning “black film”, has become a term employed to reference an historical period of the American crime film (1940s and 1950s) and as descriptive of a film genre independent of historical boundaries. Film noir echoed the changing attitudes toward gender, definitions of evil, concepts of the family, psychoanalytical descriptions of behavior, etc., in American society after World War II. This course will examine the history of the film noir genre and the influences the genre has had upon subsequent film directors. The literature from which film noir is derived will also be considered.
Faculty: Steve Cromwell
Location: IB 116
Time: 6:00 - 9:50 p.m. Monday - Thursday
Studio classes
Classes meet Monday – Friday
Masquerade 2008: Flashback to the '60s
FIBRE 328-01
KCAI holds a bi-annual fundraising special event for student scholarships that invites the opportunity to showcase student work. Through this intensive winter intersession course focused on production, students are challenged to create masks and costumes related to the theme for the event. This is an opportunity to explore large scale, theatrical presentations of fantasy, and be directly involved in the total designed experience. The class nurtures the students toward the realization of their vision, directs the group for readiness toward the presentation of their artistic work, and forms a unique atmosphere for the Masquerade.
Students will create individual work including wearable art and costumes, masks, sculpture, atmospheric installations, and performance projects. The course requires completion of projects within the scheduled intersession class meeting times, and participation in the spring event.
Since each student will be taught based on their level of expertise, this class is repeatable.
Tuition is free for the three credit hours and the class is open to 25 students. Interested students should write a proposal of their interest and artistic intent for the Masquerade's theme, a celebration of the culture of the 1960s from music and fashion to culture and politics, and submit the typed proposal to the Fiber Department by November 1, 2007, in order to be considered for registration in this course.
Faculty: Georgianna Londre
Location: Fiber Department
Time: 9:00 a.m. - 4:50 p.m.
Fundamentals of Glass: Kiln Fired
CERME 364-40
This introductive and investigative glass class will explore two distinctive methods of forming: flat glass drawing and reverse relief castings. The flat glass format encourages the student to explore with “drawing” materials of colored powders, fluxing, frits, stringers and sheet glass. The reverse casting is more complex, and a basic knowledge of sculpting, mold-making and strong technical skills is recommended. In both investigative components, each student will be encouraged to develop a technical understanding of material, equipment and firing cycles as well as to demonstrate a strong work ethic and a passionate pursuit for investigating personal artistic strengths and goals throughout the class.
Faculty: George Timock
Location: Richard Stern Ceramic Studio
Time: 3:00 p.m. – 9:50 p.m.
Max enrollment: 10
Materials fee: $250
Pop, Poster, Print: Art, Ephemera and Mass Production
PRINE 326-01
This class is designed to explore the poster as a viable medium combining art, culture and mass communication. You will explore the graphic issues and appeal of this expressive visual art through both historical and contemporary research, as well as actual poster and print production. Instruction will include graphic transformation of various methodologies, including text based needs, analog or hand worked images, and photographic as well as digital technologies. The class’s technical parameters and production issues will include screen printing, relief prints and photo lithographs. We will pay close attention to each process’s unique signature and work to develop technical and stylistic combinations that utilize their best attributes.
Faculty: Doug Baker
Location: Printmaking Studio
Time: 9:00 a.m. - 4:50 p.m.
Materials fee: $50
Housing/Tuition
Those students who are living in the Living Center can now stay in the Living Center over holiday break if they are enrolled in a winter intersession class. Call the Director of the Living Center for cost and other details – 802-3397.
Winter intersession is offered as part of our regular academic curriculum. KCAI degree program students may enroll for no more than three (3) credit hours per session. Enrollment for KCAI degree program students is done through Web registration.
Visiting students from other institutions, and Kansas City community members, are welcome to take these courses and may register through the Continuing Education office. To register by phone, using a credit card (Visa or Master Card), call 816- 802-3505 or visit our office in the Vanderslice Building to register in person. Students desirous of transferring credits earned at KCAI to other institutions should consult with their academic advisors at those institutions for transfer approval.
Tuition is $345 per credit hour. Students registering for studio classes are required to pay studio fees of $34 per credit hour, as well as any additional materials fee for their specific studio. Check with the Financial Aid office regarding financing your winter intersession classes. Students who wish to audit a class must register through the Continuing Education office and pay tuition of $500, plus any materials fees. Tuition and fees are due in full in the Business Office by Friday, December 7. Your enrollment will be cancelled the day after this payment deadline if payment has not been received.
Computer access will be provided in the Jannes Computer Lab during winter intersession. Check the door for posted hours.
Tuition refunds for winter intersession classes: winter session classes are calculated on the date the student officially withdraws in the registrar's office. Refunds requested by mail will be calculated by the postmarked date. Students withdrawing will be charged a $35 administrative fee per course. Last day to withdraw from class without grade penalty: January 21.
The amount of tuition refund if officially withdrawn: 100% prior to the course beginning; 90% prior to 2nd meeting of class; 50% prior to 3rd meeting; 25% prior to 4th meeting of class. There are no refunds for withdrawals from courses after the start of the 4th class session. 100% of all tuition and fees will be automatically refunded within four weeks if a class is canceled due to insufficient enrollment.
Last day to drop/add a class: January 8, 2008