Instructional Planning Yearly Update
Date ___12/1/13______________________
Department __Art History_______________________
Division VAPA______________________
Goals and Recommendations from Program Plan
List the top five Goals and Recommendations from the last Program Plan and indicate whether they have been met?
Goals / Recommendations from six-year plan In progress
Goal Met
Comments
(identify source
Add Ancient and Medieval Art sections
yes
Art History was cut, restored, and cut again We are back to
of funding)
base level planning with the addition of one time units.
Additions planned will depend on budget.
Establish an independent program with an Art yes
no
An Art History Program Chair was denied as planned. The
History Program Chair
administration of the program is carried out by the Program
Coordinator.
Restructure the Slide Librarian from half to
yes
no
Recent cuts to College staff have put off all growth positions
full time status
for the near future. The Slide Librarian is undergoing a
reclassification process as a visual Resource Curator
Fund two laptops for instruction
yes
yes
The laptops were purchased mid calendar year 2012 and are in
use.
Purchase classroom furniture never ordered in
original building plan
yes
no
State and grant funds will be used to purchase some of the
items listed.
New Goals and Recommendations
List any new goals and recommendations identified by the department
Goal/Recommendation
Cost
Explanation/Evidence of Need
The Visual Resource Center - Video Library
$705
The videos were purchased in January 2013 and have been put into
Enhancement
use in all our Art History as well as many Art Studio courses
Write two new courses in African, Oceanic,
none
The African, Oceanic, and American Art course will become part of
and American Art, as well as Honors
our Model Program, and is a common course accepted at CSU and
Renaissance Art
UC. Renaissance Art would add to the existing Ancient Art course for
Honors students. The Honors Renaissance course has been submitted
for curriculum approval, while the African, Oceanic, and American
course will wait until enrollment increases in Art History.
Revised September 28, 2012
SLO Assessment Progress: In a sentence or two, describe where your department should be on the Revolving Wheel of Assessment (what
assessment you should have done in the last year) and what was actually done. If you’re not sure where you should be on the Revolving Wheel
contact the SLO Coordinator (x6366). If any task was not completed, explain why.
The Art History Program experienced a full complement of instructors at the Flex day SLO meeting for the second year in a row, including one
contract and five adjuncts. We assessed five courses in the spring term of 2013 in Core Competency Global Awareness, and will be adding
three courses in the fall term.
The Flex day SLO meeting in August was attended by four adjunct faculty but the contract faculty member was absent due to surgery. An online
meeting took place on September 15. Half of our faculty took part.
AH 16, Southeast Asian Art, has not been assessed recently due to loss of the only qualified instructor in the field. We expect to teach the course
in the Spring term 2015 in an online offering and hope to assess it when it is offered. One new course has been written in Fall 2013, Honors
Renaissance Art. It will need to be approved first by the curriculum committee and then receive approval by the UCLA Honors Program. This
process will take two years.
Fill out the Assessment Results section below.
SLO Assessment Results: List SLO assessments, dialogues, and priorities identified as a result of your assessment below. Attach
Departmental Assessment Analysis Forms completed in the last two semesters.
Core Competency, Course
SLO, or CTE Program SLO
Assessed. Example: all course
SLOs for English 1A, 1B and 2
Critical Thinking, Analysis
and Problem Solving
AH 11 AH 12 AH 13 AH 14
AH 17 AH 18 AH 19 AH 20A
Date of meeting where
analysis / dialogue took
place. Example: Department
Meeting 8/27/10
2/7/13
Communication
9/15/13
AH 10 AH 12 AH 13 AH 17
Assessed in Spring Term
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Assessed in Fall Term 2012
Discussed Flex 2/7/13
Priorities identified for program as a result of assessment. Example:
Develop strategies for teaching research and documentation skills; share
rubrics for research papers; provide more instructional support outside of
class.
SLO responsibilities were reviewed, including Core Competencies
Assignments, rubrics and results.
The Art History program faculty discussed the assignments in the courses
assessed. The most challenging assignments had 65-85% of the students
receive a C or better. SLO assignments are often the most challenging
requirements in every class. We discussed in class and online preparations
we could make to improve success rates.
SLO responsibilities were reviewed, including Core Competencies
Assignments, rubrics and results.
The faculty related their experiences with the SLO assignments given in
AH 18 AH 20B AH 52 AH 53
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2013
Discussed 9/15/13
assessed classes and compared them with past experiences. There were
mixed results. About half the classes had improved while the other half
were slightly less successful. Everyone expressed a desire to begin the
assignment preparation launches to be given earlier in each semester.