College of Arts and Humanities
Academic Learning Compact for IE Assessment
Sample
Art B.A.
UCF graduates with a B.A. degree in Art will be able to:
Discipline Specific Knowledge, Skills, Behavior and Values Outcomes
1. Identify and explain the visual elements, in all combinations
Measure 1.1: All students will score 80% or higher on the questions dealing with
the visual elements embedded in the final exam in ART3110.
Measure 1.2: All students will identify and explain the visual elements with at
least 70% proficiency in works presented in the midterm of ART2290.
2. Describe the inherent properties of the principal artistic media
Measure 2.1: All students will achieve at least 80% on the test that requires them
to describe the properties of the principal artistic media.
Measure 2.2: All students will score at least 75% on the part of the project in
ART3210 that requires them to describe the inherent properties of the principal
artistic media. A scoring rubric will be used to evaluate each the descriptions
for each medium.
3. Recognize historic styles, their sequence, and the cultural forces that shaped them
Measure 3.1: All students will identify with at least 80% proficiency the historic
styles and be able to sequence them in the final exam in ART2101.
Measure 3.2: All students will score at least 75% on the essay test in ART2101 that
requires them to link cultural forces of the time with the historical period and
style. A scoring rubric will be used to evaluate each the descriptions for each
medium.
4. Identify career opportunities within the art world
Measure 4.1: All students will score 80% or higher when asked to select the discipline-related
careers from a group of 60 careers presented as an exercise in ART2119.
Measure 4.2: At least 85% of the program respondents to the graduating senior survey
will agree that they can identify 10 or more discipline-related career paths.
Critical Thinking Outcomes
5. Critically analyze works of art or written materials within the contemporary discourse of the subdisciplines: studio art, art history, criticism, arts management, art education, or graphic design
Measure 5.1: All students will achieve a rating of at least "Satisfactory"
on written critiques of works of art in each of the noted subdisciplines in ART3210
and ART 3211. The rating will be done by a faculty panel using a rubric to guide
a consideration of the key elements of a critique.
Measure 5.2: All students will achieve a rating of at least "Satisfactory"
on written critiques of written material in each of the noted subdisciplines in
ART3210 and ART3211. The rating will be done by a faculty panel using a rubric to
guide a consideration of the key elements of a critique.
Measure 5.3: All students will score at least 75% on the part of the project in
ART3210 that emphasizes critical analysis of art within the contemporary discourse
of the subdiscipline appropriate to their projects. A rubric will be used to score
skills and proficiency in critical analysis of art.
6. Develop a personal conceptual framework for evaluating the relevance of a work, visual or verbal, within its larger cultural, social, or historic context
Measure 6.1: All students will score at least 75% on the part of the project in
ART3210 that reflects the development of a personal conceptual framework in the
evaluation of a work of art. Key elements of a consideration of historical, cultural
and social context will be evaluated using a scoring rubric.
Measure 6.2: All students will earn a rating of at least "satisfactory"
on the checklist of elements used by faculty raters for evaluating a work (i.e.
cultural, social, and historic context) within their oral presentation of their
critique required in ART4101.
7. Conduct research by selecting and managing both traditional and non-traditional resources to inform decisions
Measure 7.1: All students will score at least 75% on the part of the research project
in the Capstone Course that reflects the use of traditional and non-traditional
resources for information to make decisions. Key elements of the integration of
a breadth of resources into the decisions made will be assessed using a scoring
rubric.
Measure 7.2: All students will earn a rating of at least "satisfactory"
on the checklist of resources used by students to develop of the critique required
in ART4101 that are apparent to faculty raters within student oral presentations.
Communication Outcomes
8. Convey a complex idea effectively through purely visual means
Measure 8.1: All students will score "satisfactory" or higher on the
effectiveness of their visual medium creation in conveying a complex idea. A scoring
rubric will be used by a team of peer evaluators in ART2822.
Measure 8.2: All students will score 70% or higher on the effectiveness of their
Capstone Course art project itself in conveying a complex idea. A scoring rubric
will be used by a team of faculty evaluators.
9. Verbally communicate a complex idea in spoken form
Measure 9.1: All students will score at least 75% on the clarity and complexity
of the oral summary of the project in ART3210 that reflects the development of a
personal conceptual framework in the evaluation of a work of art. Key elements of
oral communication will be assessed using a scoring rubric.
Measure 9.2: All students will earn a rating of at least "satisfactory"
on the checklist of communication elements used by faculty raters for assessing
the effectiveness of the oral presentation of their critique required in ART4101.
10. Verbally communicate a complex idea in written form
Measure 10.1: All students will score at least 75% on the clarity and complexity
of the written summary of the project in ART3210 that reflects the development of
a personal conceptual framework in the evaluation of a work of art. Key elements
of written communication will be assessed using a scoring rubric.
Measure 10.2: All students will score at least 70% on the rubric items that assess
how clearly their writing conveys a complex idea on the written summary of the Capstone
Course project.