Assessment Report - AY 2012
Name of Program: Art History
School or Department: Fine Arts
College: College of Visual and Performing Arts
Kean University
Program Level Assessment Criteria
Assessment Results of Assessment Action Taken
Student Learning (Method of Collection,
Measure(s) (Data Collected) (Closing the Loop)
Outcome etc)
Art History capstone
SLO #1 Demonstrate Direct measure: course offered in the Final AH meeting will discuss exam
content knowledge Final content exam. spring; content exam results and actions to be taken
of European, U.S., Exam score. administered then. beginning Fall 2012.
and 1 non-western
area of art history.
Students will choose a
project that integrates
disciplinary knowledge in a
critical way. Projects will be
scored using GE oral and
written rubrics as well as Same as above; specific projects will be
departmentally designed evaluated for the effectiveness in
rubrics and standards. The integrating SLOs 1, 2, and 3. As a result
capstone as an art history of faculty discussion, past practice of
methods course has been teaching the capstone as an art history
SLO #2 Utilize critical Direct measure: dropped to allow more methods course has been dropped to
thinking and scored rubric for focus on assessment and allow more focus on assessment and
problem-solving oral and written other activities proper for a other activities proper for a capstone
skills. presentations. Scored rubrics. capstone course. course.
Assessment of last year's
capstone projects,
undertaken before we
instituted rubrics, showed
that 4 of the 5 students
enrolled demonstrated
adequate skills of critical
thinking and problem-
solving in oral Program is designing discipline-specific
presentations. rubrics to assess these.
Direct measure:
scored rubric for Projects will incorporate
SLO #3 Demonstrate oral and written research and analysis of at
the ability to presentations. Scored rubrics. least one work of art. Same as above.
research and analyze Same results from last year
works of art. - the oral presentation
incorporated analysis of
works of art as well.
Direct measure:
SLO #4 Attain verbal scored rubric for
& written oral and written Both content exam and
communication presentations. capstone project will be
skills, including Scored rubrics. assessed for these skills. Same as above.
ability to evaluate & Same results from last year
describe (in written - the oral presentation
form) artworks. incorporated analysis of
works of art as well.
Direct measure:
scored rubric for
oral and written
SLO #5 Demonstrate presentations.
an awareness of the Indirect measure:
creative process in performance in No data collected.
the arts. studio courses and Department has an exit
exit survey. Exit survey. survey of its own.
SLO #6 Demonstrate Indirect measures: Exit survey on No data collected.
understanding of Completion of free graduation and follow- Department has an exit
relationship electives related to up communications. survey of its own.
between arts and career goals and
other humanities. exit survey.