Art History Capstone

During the semester in which an art history major completes the program, he or she will be required to enroll in the 1 credit Assessment of Student Experience in Art History, ArtH 4901.

Art history is a synthetic discipline in which students learn to approach a wide variety of aesthetic and cultural issues with different methods and from multiple points of view. The purpose of requiring this assessment is two-fold:

• to allow students majoring in art history to reflect on the connections among the different courses and experiences they have had;

• to enable the art history faculty to evaluate the major on a regular basis.

Each major enrolling in ArtH 4901 will be required to do the following:

1. collect as complete a portfolio as possible of the syllabi, papers, exams, journals, projects, etc., from courses they took to complete the major;

2. write a 3 – 5 page paper reflecting on their academic experiences as an art history major;

3. meet together with the faculty and all other students concurrently enrolled in ArtH 4901 to discuss their papers and portfolios.

Each student will be required to meet in a timely fashion with a member of the art history faculty during their final semester to discuss preparation of the portfolio and paper. They will be required to submit a draft of the paper to a faculty member at least three weeks before the group discussion. The final version of the paper and the the portfolio will be due at least one week before the discussion.

Art History Capstone Paper Instructions