Degree Program Assessment Reports : View Reports

Unit: Art & Art History
Program: Art (BA)
Degree: Bachelor's
Date: Wed Nov 25, 2020 - 1:15:27 pm

1) Program Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) and Institutional Learning Objectives (ILOs)

1. BA-Studio: Demonstrate grasp of fundamental skills and concepts relative to the practice of the visual arts, and basic skills and knowledge of several speci?c art media

(2a. Think critically and creatively, 2b. Conduct research, 3a. Continuous learning and personal growth)

2. BA-Studio: Demonstrate some creative originality in visual communication and self expression.

(2a. Think critically and creatively, 2b. Conduct research, 3a. Continuous learning and personal growth)

3. BA-Studio: Demonstrate a basic understanding and appreciation of the art-historical contexts which formed our present approach to the visual arts.

(1a. General education, 1b. Specialized study in an academic field, 2a. Think critically and creatively, 2b. Conduct research, 3a. Continuous learning and personal growth, 3b. Respect for people and cultures, in particular Hawaiian culture)

4. BA-Studio: Demonstrate a basic ability to analyze the merits of art works and establish an individual sense of aesthetic judgment and standards applicable to the broad range of art.

(1b. Specialized study in an academic field, 2a. Think critically and creatively, 2b. Conduct research, 3a. Continuous learning and personal growth)

5. BA-Studio: Demonstrate basic abilities in self-presentation and critique.

(2c. Communicate and report, 3a. Continuous learning and personal growth, 3d. Civic participation)

6. BA-Art History: Demonstrate a basic grasp of the process of doing research or curatorial work with original artworks in museum and gallery collections.

(2a. Think critically and creatively, 2b. Conduct research)

7. BA-Art History: Demonstrate the ability to research and construct a basic but original art-historical argument.

(2a. Think critically and creatively, 2b. Conduct research, 3a. Continuous learning and personal growth)

8. BA-Art History: Demonstrate a broad grasp of the history of art within cultural contexts and a more specialized knowledge of certain periods, cultures, and issues

(1a. General education, 1b. Specialized study in an academic field, 3b. Respect for people and cultures, in particular Hawaiian culture)

9. BA-Art History: Demonstrate an understanding of basic art historical and critical issues, methods, and theories, and the ability to use them in written work.

(1b. Specialized study in an academic field)

10. BA-Art History: Demonstrate an ability to write in the basic forms of art-historical research, including the formal analysis, the research report, and the critical or analytic argument.

(2b. Conduct research, 2c. Communicate and report, 3a. Continuous learning and personal growth, 3d. Civic participation)

11. BFA: Demonstrate command of fundamental skills and concepts relative to the practice of the visual arts, and intermediate to advanced skills and knowledge of a particular art medium or media.

(2b. Conduct research)

12. BFA: Demonstrate some development of individual approaches to and philosophies of art as well as the understanding of traditional modes and paradigms.

(2a. Think critically and creatively, 2b. Conduct research, 3a. Continuous learning and personal growth)

13. BFA: Demonstrate an intermediate to advanced understanding and appreciation of the art-historical contexts which formed our present approach to the visual arts.

(1a. General education, 1b. Specialized study in an academic field, 3b. Respect for people and cultures, in particular Hawaiian culture)

14. BFA: Demonstrate an intermediate to advanced ability to analyze the merits of art works and establish an individual sense of aesthetic judgment and standards applicable to the broad range of art.

(1b. Specialized study in an academic field)

15. BFA: Demonstrate mastery of the professional practices of artists, especially portfolio presentation, exhibition, and the writing of artist's statements; participate in and help organize BFA exhibition.

(2c. Communicate and report, 3a. Continuous learning and personal growth, 3d. Civic participation)

2) Your program's SLOs are published as follows. Please update as needed.

Department Website URL: https://hawaii.edu/art/wp-content/uploads/2008assess_matrix-1.pdf

Student Handbook. URL, if available online:

Information Sheet, Flyer, or Brochure URL, if available online:

UHM Catalog. Page Number:

Course Syllabi. URL, if available online: NA

Other:

3) Please review, add, replace, or delete the existing curriculum map.

Curriculum Map File(s) from 2020:

File (09/16/2020)

4) For your program, the percentage of courses that have course SLOs explicitly stated on the syllabus, a website, or other publicly available document is as follows. Please update as needed.

1-50%

51-80%

81-99%

100%

5) Does the program have learning achievement results for its program SLOs? (Example of achievement results: "80% of students met expectations on SLO 1.")(check one):

Yes, on some(1-50%) of the program SLOs

Yes, on most(51-99%) of the program SLOs

Yes, on all(100%) of the program SLOs

6) Did your program engage in any program learning assessment activities between November 1, 2018 and October 31, 2020?

Yes

No (skip to question 17)

7) What best describes the program-level learning assessment activities that took place for the period November 1, 2018 and October 31, 2020? (Check all that apply.)

Create/modify/discuss program learning assessment procedures (e.g., SLOs, curriculum map, mechanism to collect student work, rubric, survey)

Collect/evaluate student work/performance to determine SLO achievement

Collect/analyze student self-reports of SLO achievement via surveys, interviews, or focus groups

Use assessment results to make programmatic decisions (e.g., change course content or pedagogy, design new course, hiring)

Investigate other pressing issue related to student learning achievement for the program (explain in question 8)

Other:

8) Briefly explain the assessment activities that took place since November 2018.

The Assessment Committee, made up of three full time faculty, reviewed a selection of exit portfolios representing the range of media areas in the department.

9) What types of evidence did the program use as part of the assessment activities checked in question 7? (Check all that apply.)

Artistic exhibition/performance

Assignment/exam/paper completed as part of regular coursework and used for program-level assessment

Capstone work product (e.g., written project or non-thesis paper)

Exam created by an external organization (e.g., professional association for licensure)

Exit exam created by the program

IRB approval of research

Oral performance (oral defense, oral presentation, conference presentation)

Portfolio of student work

Publication or grant proposal

Qualifying exam or comprehensive exam for program-level assessment in addition to individual student evaluation (graduate level only)

Supervisor or employer evaluation of student performance outside the classroom (internship, clinical, practicum)

Thesis or dissertation used for program-level assessment in addition to individual student evaluation

Alumni survey that contains self-reports of SLO achievement

Employer meetings/discussions/survey/interview of student SLO achievement

Interviews or focus groups that contain self-reports of SLO achievement

Student reflective writing assignment (essay, journal entry, self-assessment) on their SLO achievement.

Student surveys that contain self-reports of SLO achievement

Assessment-related such as assessment plan, SLOs, curriculum map, etc.

Program or course materials (syllabi, assignments, requirements, etc.)

Other 1:

Other 2:

10) State the number of students (or persons) who submitted evidence that was evaluated. If applicable, please include the sampling technique used.

We collected exit portfolios from all graduating BA students via the course "ART 409", a zero credit graduation portfolio submission course. The committee chose ten portfolios, representing the range of areas in the department, taken from both Spring 2018 and Fall 2018.

11) Who interpreted or analyzed the evidence that was collected? (Check all that apply.)

Course instructor(s)

Faculty committee

Ad hoc faculty group

Department chairperson

Persons or organization outside the university

Faculty advisor

Advisors (in student support services)

Students (graduate or undergraduate)

Dean/Director

Other:

12) How did they evaluate, analyze, or interpret the evidence? (Check all that apply.)

Used a rubric or scoring guide

Scored exams/tests/quizzes

Used professional judgment (no rubric or scoring guide used)

Compiled survey results

Used qualitative methods on interview, focus group, open-ended response data

External organization/person analyzed data (e.g., external organization administered and scored the nursing licensing exam)

Other:

13) Summarize the results from the evaluation, analysis, interpretation of evidence (checked in question 12). For example, report the percentage of students who achieved each SLO.

Students received scores based on a 1-4 point scale rubric. 1 = below average, 2 = average, 3 = good, 4 = excellent. Averages are as follows:

Technique/practice: 3.36

Creativity/originality: 3.25

Knowledge/history: 3.45

Communication/analysis/critique: NA

Professional skills: 3.76

	BA-Studio	BA-Art History	BFA	MA	MFA
1 Technique/ Practice	Demonstrate grasp of fundamental skills and concepts relative to the practice of the visual arts, and basic skills and knowledge of several specific art media.	Demonstrate a basic grasp of the process of doing research or curatorial work with original artworks in museum and gallery collections.	Demonstrate command of fundamental skills and concepts relative to the practice of the visual arts, and intermediate to advanced skills and knowledge of a particular art medium or media.	Demonstrate an advanced ability to do research or curatorial work with original artworks in museum and gallery collections.	Demonstrate mastery of advanced skills and knowledge of an art medium or media.
2 Creativity/Originality	Demonstrate some creative originality in visual communication and self expression.	Demonstrate the ability to research and construct a basic but original art-historical argument.	Demonstrate some development of individual approaches to and philosophies of art as well as the understanding of traditional modes and paradigms.	Demonstrate the ability to do primary source research and construct an advanced, original art-historical argument.	Demonstrate the mastery of an original, individual approach to and philosophy of art.
3 Knowledge/ History	Demonstrate a basic understanding and appreciation of the art-historical contexts which formed our present approach to the visual arts.	Demonstrate a broad grasp of the history of art within cultural contexts and a more specialized knowledge of certain periods, cultures, and issues.	Demonstrate an intermediate to advanced understanding and appreciation of the art-historical contexts which formed our present approach to the visual arts.	Demonstrate a broad grasp of the history of art within Asian-Pacific cultural contexts and an advanced specialist knowledge of a particular period, culture, and set of related issues.	Demonstrate an advanced understanding and appreciation of the art-historical contexts which formed our present approach to the visual arts.
4 Communication/ Analysis/ Critique	Demonstrate a basic ability to analyze the merits of art works and establish an individual sense of aesthetic judgment and standards applicable to the broad range of art.	Demonstrate an understanding of basic art historical and critical issues, methods, and theories, and the ability to use them in written work.	Demonstrate an intermediate to advanced ability to analyze the merits of art works and establish an individual sense of aesthetic judgment and standards applicable to the broad range of art.	Demonstrate an advanced understanding of art historical and critical issues, methods, and theories, and the ability to apply them in sophisticated ways in written work.	Demonstrate an advanced ability to analyze the merits of art works and establish an individual sense of aesthetic judgment and standards, and show the ability to position one’s own creative process within the history of art.
5 Professional Skills	Demonstrate basic abilities in self-presentation and critique.	Demonstrate an ability to write in the basic forms of art-historical research, including the formal analysis, the research report, and the critical or analytic argument.	Demonstrate mastery of the professional practices of artists, especially portfolio presentation, exhibition, and the writing of artist’s statements; participate in and help organize BFA exhibition.	Write and successfully defend a masters’ thesis in which original primary research forms the foundation for an original argument about art in the student’s area of specialization.	Organize and hold a successful solo exhibition of original work, conduct a successful oral defense of the exhibition, and write a thesis paper analyzing and supporting the exhibition.

14) What best describes how the program used the results? (Check all that apply.)

Assessment procedure changes (SLOs, curriculum map, rubrics, evidence collected, sampling, communications with faculty, etc.)

Course changes (course content, pedagogy, courses offered, new course, pre-requisites, requirements)

Personnel or resource allocation changes

Program policy changes (e.g., admissions requirements, student probation policies, common course evaluation form)

Students' out-of-course experience changes (advising, co-curricular experiences, program website, program handbook, brown-bag lunches, workshops)

Celebration of student success!

Results indicated no action needed because students met expectations

Use is pending (typical reasons: insufficient number of students in population, evidence not evaluated or interpreted yet, faculty discussions continue)

Other: Evidence collection has improved, students are given more assistance in documenting their work and formatting their submissions.

15) Please briefly describe how the program used its findings/results.

In an effort to improve the department's ability to assess PLO #4, Communication/analysis/critique, an instructor who is teaching an Oral Communication Focus course in Spring 2021 has agreed to supply the department's Assessment Coordinator with a written assessment of PLO #4 at the end of Spring 2021.

16) Beyond the results, were there additional conclusions or discoveries? This can include insights about assessment procedures, teaching and learning, and great achievements regarding program assessment in this reporting period.

Students are meeting expectations.

1) Program Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) and Institutional Learning Objectives (ILOs)

1. BA-Studio: Demonstrate grasp of fundamental skills and concepts relative to the practice of the visual arts, and basic skills and knowledge of several speci?c art media

2. BA-Studio: Demonstrate some creative originality in visual communication and self expression.

3. BA-Studio: Demonstrate a basic understanding and appreciation of the art-historical contexts which formed our present approach to the visual arts.

4. BA-Studio: Demonstrate a basic ability to analyze the merits of art works and establish an individual sense of aesthetic judgment and standards applicable to the broad range of art.

5. BA-Studio: Demonstrate basic abilities in self-presentation and critique.

6. BA-Art History: Demonstrate a basic grasp of the process of doing research or curatorial work with original artworks in museum and gallery collections.

7. BA-Art History: Demonstrate the ability to research and construct a basic but original art-historical argument.

8. BA-Art History: Demonstrate a broad grasp of the history of art within cultural contexts and a more specialized knowledge of certain periods, cultures, and issues

9. BA-Art History: Demonstrate an understanding of basic art historical and critical issues, methods, and theories, and the ability to use them in written work.

10. BA-Art History: Demonstrate an ability to write in the basic forms of art-historical research, including the formal analysis, the research report, and the critical or analytic argument.

11. BFA: Demonstrate command of fundamental skills and concepts relative to the practice of the visual arts, and intermediate to advanced skills and knowledge of a particular art medium or media.

12. BFA: Demonstrate some development of individual approaches to and philosophies of art as well as the understanding of traditional modes and paradigms.

13. BFA: Demonstrate an intermediate to advanced understanding and appreciation of the art-historical contexts which formed our present approach to the visual arts.

14. BFA: Demonstrate an intermediate to advanced ability to analyze the merits of art works and establish an individual sense of aesthetic judgment and standards applicable to the broad range of art.

15. BFA: Demonstrate mastery of the professional practices of artists, especially portfolio presentation, exhibition, and the writing of artist's statements; participate in and help organize BFA exhibition.

2) Your program's SLOs are published as follows. Please update as needed.

3) Please review, add, replace, or delete the existing curriculum map.

4) For your program, the percentage of courses that have course SLOs explicitly stated on the syllabus, a website, or other publicly available document is as follows. Please update as needed.

5) Does the program have learning achievement results for its program SLOs? (Example of achievement results: "80% of students met expectations on SLO 1.")(check one):

6) Did your program engage in any program learning assessment activities between November 1, 2018 and October 31, 2020?

7) What best describes the program-level learning assessment activities that took place for the period November 1, 2018 and October 31, 2020? (Check all that apply.)

8) Briefly explain the assessment activities that took place since November 2018.

9) What types of evidence did the program use as part of the assessment activities checked in question 7? (Check all that apply.)

10) State the number of students (or persons) who submitted evidence that was evaluated. If applicable, please include the sampling technique used.

11) Who interpreted or analyzed the evidence that was collected? (Check all that apply.)

12) How did they evaluate, analyze, or interpret the evidence? (Check all that apply.)

13) Summarize the results from the evaluation, analysis, interpretation of evidence (checked in question 12). For example, report the percentage of students who achieved each SLO.

14) What best describes how the program used the results? (Check all that apply.)

15) Please briefly describe how the program used its findings/results.

16) Beyond the results, were there additional conclusions or discoveries? This can include insights about assessment procedures, teaching and learning, and great achievements regarding program assessment in this reporting period.

17) If the program did not engage in assessment activities, please justify.