Department of Art Student Learning Outcomes & Assessment Activities

1. Students will apply discipline-specific competencies for success in their emphasis area.
   • Outcome Assessment Activity: ART 410 Senior Career Orientation (1 c.h.) with exit survey
2. Students will distinguish the role of art in a global society.
   • Outcome Assessment Activity: Senior portfolio with exit survey and art history rubric to measure quality of written expression
3. Students will employ creative skills associated with interdisciplinary learning.
   • Outcome Assessment Activity: ART 410 Senior Career Orientation (1 c.h.) with exit survey
4. Students will make use of intellectual and practical skills for lifelong learning.
   • Outcome Assessment Activity: Internships with employee surveys
5. Students will create original work suitable for entry into a juried exhibition.
   • Outcome Assessment Activity: Annual juried art show and any non-juried student on-campus shows
6. Art education students will be able to apply the knowledge and skills needed to help children learn to create and appreciate art.
   • Outcome Assessment Activity: PLACE test in addition to other BA measurements

Specific Program Requirements

Students in this program must complete an Enrichment Minor: Any 18 credit University minor program (9 upper division minimum) outside of major.

Specific Core Requirements

 Additional Requirements

World Language Requirements for the BA Degree Art Major

Students seeking the degree of Bachelor of Arts must complete one of the three options listed below¹:

1. Completion of the second level of a world language (course number 102)²
   • Students may test out of the course
2. Completion of WL 100 Intro to Comparative Linguistics (3 c.h.), and ANTH 106 Language, Thought and Culture (3 c.h.)/ENG 106 Language, Thought and Culture (3 c.h.)
3. Completion of the second level of American Sign Language.

¹

International students for whom English is a second language may substitute two terms of English courses (excluding ENG 101 Rhetoric & Writing I (GT-CO1) (3 c.h.) and ENG 102 Rhetoric & Writing II (GT-CO2) (3 c.h.)) for the world language requirement.

²

Completion of a world language course above 102 with a grade of C or better will satisfy the requirement.

Specific Graduation Requirements

Planning Sheet

Disclaimer: The Planning Sheet is designed as a guide for student's planning their course selections. The information on this page provides only a suggested schedule. Actual course selections should be made with the advice and consent of an academic advisor. While accurately portraying the information contained in the college catalog, this form is not considered a legal substitute for that document. Students should become familiar with the catalog in effect at the time in which they entered the institution.

Note: In addition to requirements for the major and general education, students must complete either:

1. Any minor degree program listed in the catalog other than their major; or
2. 18 credit hours outside of the major.

Students may not use the same credits to satisfy requirements for both major and minor degrees, or use credits taken to satisfy general education requirements.