Intensive English Program for Artists and Designers
June 20th to August 12th, 2005
MIAD's Intensive English Program teaches English to creative people who have a particular interest in using English to enhance their professional and academic work in fine art and design.
Please contact
, co-ordinator of ESL services, for more information about this program.
The MIAD Experience: An active experience with the entire city as your classroom. Students apply the knowledge gained in the classroom to authentic situations in the community and in the studio.
The Program: Active, Authentic and Applicable
This is an intensive active eight-week program. After an orientation and initial language assessment, the first three weeks of the program focus on English as a second language instruction. The last five weeks of the program are an intensive language, culture and studio course. For those students who have applied and been accepted to MIAD, there is a credit option.
Active The focus is on active learning and the application of skills. The course integrates students' interests in language, art, design and culture. Speaking, listening, reading and writing are all practiced daily.
Students have regular one-on-one meetings with a trained tutor who is also a student at MIAD. Besides providing important conversation practice, these sessions provide an important link to the MIAD community.
Authentic The program integrates key authentic language opportunities—Real English. These include the use of material from radio, TV, movies, newspapers and magazines. Lectures, projects and research will include full-time faculty members from MIAD's design, fine arts and liberal studies divisions. And, field trips are integrated with the curriculum and classroom activities. These trips have included visits to: Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin The Art Institute of Chicago The Milwaukee Art Museum Harley Davidson and other local companies
Applicable Students create visual work, and the language students learn is linked directly to their creative work. Students describe and present their projects and ask questions about other students' projects. Students also discuss and critique other people's visual work. Students use English to talk about what is most important to them: their creative work.
Services and Accommodations MIAD is a friendly place. We do all we can to make students comfortable:
Airport pickup at the Milwaukee Airport
Orientation and assistance settling in
Accommodations in MIAD's residence hall, one block from campus
Transportation to grocery stores
Kitchen facilities in the residence halls
Health services at Marquette University
The School and the City
MIAD is an independent, coed, professional art and design college. MIAD offers a BFA in: Fine Arts, Communication Design, Illustration, Industrial Design, and Interior Architecture + Design. MIAD is Accredited by the National Association of Schools of Art & Design (NASAD) and North Central Association (NCA).
MIAD is located in Milwaukee's Third Ward neighborhood, one of the safest and fastest growing areas of Milwaukee. The Third Ward is walking distance from downtown, adjacent to Milwaukee's festival grounds that host a summer full of music and ethnic festivals.
MIAD studios and classrooms are in a renovated, state-of-the-art building with natural light and wide-open studio spaces allowing for the creation of outstanding works of art and design.
Milwaukee is a small, safe, manageable size city. It is known for its hospitality, friendly people and magnificent lakefront. Milwaukee is only an hour and a half north of Chicago. The train station is a short walk from MIAD and takes you directly to downtown Chicago.
