IUPUI 2014-2016 » Schools » Herron School of Art and Design » Undergraduate » Student Learning Outcomes » Bachelor of Arts in Art History


Graduates of the Art History program will demonstrate the following:

  1. Students will describe connections between art and social and cultural contexts across history and throughout the world.
  2. Students will evaluate and critique works of art from a range of methodological perspectives.
  3. Students will 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.
  4. Students will compare and contrast the underlying value systems that inform the aesthetic decisions of art makers and viewers in different cultures.
  5. Students will recognize perspectives from a range of disciplines in the arts and sciences.
  6. Students will apply their visual literacy to make informed and ethical judgments in their own lives.
  7. Students will interpret works of art using visual analysis, historical research, and defined theoretical perspectives.
  8. Students will describe and discuss a substantial body of knowledge about and understanding of their own art historical traditions and the traditions of others.