Undergraduate Programs
Student Learning Outcomes
Bachelor of Arts in Art History (B.A.)
Graduates of the Art History program will achieve the following:
- Students will be able to describe connections between art and social and cultural contexts across history and throughout the world.
- Students will be able to evaluate and critique works of art from a range of methodological perspectives.
- Students will be able to conceive and carry out research involving: formulating a question; gathering information using a variety of tools and techniques; critically evaluating information; making an argument; and defending a conclusion in speech and writing.
- Students will be able to compare and contrast the underlying value systems that inform the aesthetic decisions of art makers and viewers in different cultures.
- Students will be able to recognize perspectives from a range of disciplines in the arts and sciences.
- Students will be able to apply their visual literacy to make informed and ethical judgments in their own lives.
- Students will be able to interpret works of art using visual analysis, historical research, and defined theoretical perspectives.
- Students will be able to describe and discuss a substantial body of knowledge about and understanding of their own art historical traditions and the traditions of others.