SACSCOC Fifth Year Interim Report
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Assessment : 2012 - 2013 : Educational Programs :
Art BA (Studio Art)
Art BA (Studio Art)
2 Goals 2 Objectives 2 Indicators 2 Criteria 2 Findings 2 Actions
| GOAL: Drawing Techniques And Skills |
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| Students will demonstrate basic skills in drawing by producing works that show an understanding of elements, techniques and materials used in contemporary art practices. |
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Students in BA Studio Art Program will be required to take ARTS 1316 Drawing 1 and ARTS 1317 Life Drawing 1. Each student will submit a portfolio of works selected from these classes that will • show developed craftsmanship and an expertise with a variety of materials. • demonstrate an ability to depict spatial illusion and volume. • demonstrate a descriptive and expressive use of value. • demonstrate a descriptive and expressive use of line. • demonstrate an understanding and use of 2 point and 3 point perspective. • demonstrate an understanding of negative space and the ability to combine various elements into a cohesive composition. • demonstrate the ability to render the proportions of the human figure. • demonstrate the ability to express ideas and/or emotions through the work. |
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A group of at least two of the Studio Art Faculty will evaluate the portfolios using a rubric with a scale of 0-100 for each aspect of the objective. It is expected that at least 80% of the students will achieve an average score of 70%, especially in the area of incorporating negative space as part of the composition and use of the entire page, a weakness that emerged in 2010-2011. We will be especially observing composition and figure proportions, weaker areas last year although they met the criterion, to determine if our interventions were effective. |
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| While over 80% of the students scored at least 70% in all of the criteria assessed, the ability to demonstrate an understanding of negative space and to create a cohesive compostion continues to be the area with the lowest scores. |
Actions for Objective:
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The Studio faculty will examine the curriculum of the Foundation Drawing courses and emphasize the teaching of negative space and compostiional strategies. Tenured Faculty will meet with adjunct faculty and offer guidance in lesson plans. The criteria for the student portfolios will be clarified and expectations will be made explicit to the students. |
| GOAL: Knowledge Of The History Of Art |
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| Students in the BA Program in Studio Art will demonstrate knowledge of the History of Art and understand theories and trends in Contemporary Art in relation to the continuum of history. |
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| Students will be required to take ARTS 1303 Prehistoric to Gothic Art History and ARTS 3385 Renaissance to Post-Modern Art History. In "Exam 2" in ARTS 3385, students will be asked to identify elements of style that are particular to different periods in art history. They will be shown 3 artworks and asked to describe stylistic elements of each and identify the historical period during which they were made. |
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| It is expected that at least 70% of the students in ARTS 3385 will successfully identify and describe stylistic elements from three different periods of art history, specifically increasing the number of students from 54% to closer to 70% who are able to describe stylistic elements and identify each historical period. |
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| 88% of students were able to identify stylistic differences in works and the periods of Art History they represented. |
Actions for Objective:
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| The Art Department has hired 2 new Tenure Track Art Historians beginning in the Fall 2013. The Art Historians will evaluate and update the existing curriculum, employing new pedagogical strategies. Course descriptions and titles will be examined and updated and new courses will be added to the curriculum. |
| Previous Cycle's "Plan for Continuous Improvement" |
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The Art Department will emphasize Drawing as foundation skills for all of the Art Programs, stressing human proportions and compositions. Art History will also be emphasized, and the department will move toward increasing the course offerings in Art History.
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| Update on Previous Cycle's "Plan for Continuous Improvement" |
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Drawings were selected from the BFA portfolio review that each art student must participate in after completing the foundation courses. This portfolio review is for students who wish to pursue the BFA degree. Students who fali the review, are not admitted to a BFA program, but may pursue the BA. The drawings evaluated were from foundation courses that are common to both the BA and the BFA.
Art History papers were selected at random from students in ARTS 3385, Art History Survey 2: Renaissance to Post Modern. |
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The BFA Review committee will examine and revise the BFA portfolio review. The committee will develop specific criteria which will be made clear to both Foundation course intructors and students in the courses. This criteria will then be used to assess the student work and foundation courses.
The Art History Curriculum will be examined and revised with the intention of developing a BA degree in Art History within 2 years. |