Art History Assessment Plan
DIR-1
DIR-2
DIR-3
IND-1
Review of a writing sample (there is no course associated with this measure): each student will submit for review
by the art history faculty a writing sample at the time s/he declares an art history major. This sample is evaluated but
not graded. New freshmen who enter as art history majors will submit by the end of their second semester a writing
sample from a 1000- or 2000-level art history course. Students who declare the major later will submit a writing
sample from one of their highest-level art history courses.
Evaluation of knowledge about the canon of art history: parts of each student's final exams in Art History 1303
and Art History 1304 will be evaluated by the art history faculty to determine how well a student knows major
monuments and works of art.
ArtH 4999 (Senior Paper, Art History): each student will research a topic of his/her choice and present his/her findings
in a paper of substantial length. In order to realize the final version of this paper, the student revises a draft or drafts in
consultation with a faculty member. When the paper is complete, the student will summarize his/her findings in an
oral presentation to other art history majors and the faculty. Students receive a grade for paper/presentation.
Senior Survey: Art History BA candidates complete a survey addressing a range of topics
Indirect
Measures
Direct Measures (course embedded)
Program Outcomes
Know how art objects and visual
artifacts function in multiple contexts
(artistic, social, intellectual, historical)
and in relation to other disciplines in the
humanities.
Measure
Collect Term
Know the standard canon of art history
with a general body of knowledge about
objects, monuments and visual
practices from many historical periods
and from various regions of the world.
Writing
Sample
Art
1XXX
ArtH
1303
ArtH
1304
ArtH
2300
ArtH
2390
ArtH
3320
ArtH
3330
ArtH
3331
ArtH
3340
ArtH
3360
ArtH
3361
ArtH
3370
ArtH
3380
ArtH
4999
DIR-1
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
DIR-3
IND-1
S12
S12
S12
Measure
Collect Term
Recognize various art historical
methods and be familiar with current
theoretical debates.
DIR-2
DIR-2
F 14
S13
Measure
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Measure
Measure
Collect Term
Art historians must acknowledge and
cite appropriately the work of scholars.
Measure
DIR-1
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
DIR-3
S12
S12
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
DIR-3
IND-1
S 14
S 14
Measure
Collect Term
IND-1
IND-1
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
DIR-3
S13
S13
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
DIR-3
IND-1
S11
S11
DIR-3
IND-1
S11
S11
S12
Collect Term
Art historians within an educational
setting must use copyrighted imagery
and material in a proper manner.
IND-1
X
Collect Term
The ability to write and speak about
works of art using the critical language
and vocabulary of art history
Other 1
S11
Collect Term
Competency in the basic research
methods in art history
0
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X