ARTHS-BA - Art History (BA)

The department expects undergraduate majors in the program to be able to demonstrate the following learning outcomes. These learning outcomes are used in evaluating students and the department’s undergraduate program.

Students in historical studies are expected to demonstrate:

• Knowledge and awareness of art and/or film terminology and concepts

• Ability to develop compelling and nuanced lines of interpretation

• Improved critical thinking skills using primary and secondary source materials

• Improvement in analytical writing skills and close reading skills

• Ability to form and validate their own and others’ opinions through knowledge of artistic movements and sociohistorical events.

Students in creative art are expected to demonstrate:

• Enhanced awareness of the role of art in intellectual and cultural life

• Problem-solving skills to organize, analyze and interpret visual information;

• Mastery of techniques and materials of a discipline with awareness of historical and current practices

• Selection of materials, processes, form, and content to achieve poetic and expressive relationships to artistic media

• Ability to apply critical analysis to the student’s own work and the work of others

• Effective techniques for preparing and presenting work consistent with professional practices in the field