Art History Capstone Paper Instructions

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This paper is to give you an opportunity to coalesce and reflect upon your experience as an art history major at UMM, as well as to give us feedback on the program of study. No research is involved! Simply craft a thoughtful, three- to five-page (double-spaced) narrative essay in which you address some of the questions below:

- Why did you become an art history major? At what point in your college career did you make this decision?

- What is your main area(s) of interest in art history?

- Why did you take the specific electives you took?

- Did your classes in the major create a coherent picture of a portion of art history?

- What methodologies for approaching art history were most interesting to you: biographical, formal analysis, iconographic, cultural (issues of gender, race, economics, politics, etc)?

- How did your art history classes relate to courses you took in other disciplines?

- How did your Basic Studio experience impact your understanding of art history?

- Discuss some of the paper assignments (or other projects) you undertook and what you learned from those experiences. Do you feel your written work has progressed or matured? Which of your papers do you feel is your strongest work, and why?

- How do you think you will use the knowledge and skills you have learned in art history after you graduate?

- Have you shared your knowledge of art history with others, whether formally or informally? (explain)

- How has the study of art history affected your experiences of “live” art in museums, galleries, etc.?

- [anything else you'd like to comment on]