SLO for Art 108
Author: Eileen Doktorski-Marzullo
Draft Date: October 8, 2010
Courses: ART 108, Beginning Drawing
Institutional Learning Outcomes
Communication: The student will communicate effectively, expressing thoughts, goals
and needs through use of appropriate modes and technologies.
Aesthetic Awareness: The student will possess aesthetic awareness.
Social Awareness: The student will demonstrate societal awareness.
Responsibility: The student will display personal and civic responsibility.
Scientific Awareness: The student will possess an awareness of the physical and
biological principles related to science.
Department Learning Outcomes
1) Students will demonstrate problem solving skills in the process of producing art.
2) Students will demonstrate a general awareness of artistic cultures and styles.
3) Students will demonstrate the use of appropriate terminology in evaluating art and
design.
4) Students will develop a collection of works that demonstrate their creative style,
technical skill, and personal approach to subject and media.
Course Learning Objectives
1. Define and properly use drawing terminology.
2. Demonstrate perceptual skills by accurately portraying three-dimensional objects
in space using freehand perspective techniques: a visual analysis of relationships.
3. Create, using complex three dimensional objects, drawings that demonstrate an
understanding of contour and negative space.
4. Create value scales using pencil, charcoal, and ink.
5. Use the fundamentals of light logic and the manipulation of values to create
textures, and to analyze and describe three-dimensional forms.
6. Employ linear perspective to describe objects and interior/exterior spaces.
7. Create drawings that demonstrate technical and creative skills using pencil,
charcoal, and ink.
8. Distinguish the aesthetic of the Western drawing tradition as compared to
non-western art.
9. Analyze and evaluate their own and other’s drawings for their aesthetic content,
visual effectiveness, and the utilization of skills.
SLO’s are based upon objectives 1, 2 and 7 of Course Outline of record:
SLO Scale Components
Drawing Terminology (essay, verbal presentation, critique or quiz)
Excellent: Correct, provides specific in-depth discussion of drawing using proper art
terminology.
Satisfactory: Correct, as above, but may lack vocabulary or depth of discussion.
Poor: Depth of discussion and terminology are lacking.
Drawing of three dimensional objects created from direct observation
Excellent: Correct use of the following; overlap, position on the vertical plane and
decrease in scale to show spatial relationships. The drawing demonstrates that a visual
analysis of relationships, such as sighting, has been used to properly align elements of the
compositions.
Satisfactory: Correct, as above, but without proper alignment of elements.
Poor: More than one the following is lacking: Correct use of overlap, position on the
vertical plane, decreased scale to show spatial relationships and correct alignment of the
elements of the compositions.
Portfolio (collection of homework assignments and/or class activities and projects)
Excellent: Multiple examples demonstrate skill in using a variety of drawing media to
include pencil, charcoal and ink. Portfolio samples demonstrate knowledge of a few
distinct characteristics identifying shading, contour and sketching.
Satisfactory: Adequate examples of the above, but may lack completeness and/or depth
of media. Drawings may show only one distinct characteristic of each process.
Poor: Drawings do not adequately demonstrate competence with a variety of drawing
media. Examples do not adequately demonstrate the important characteristic differences
between drawing approaches.