Fine Arts Requirement Assessment Plan
Student Learning in the University Studies
Fine Arts Requirement
In addition to the learning goals of an individual major, all Millikin University students are required to participate in core curriculum, which includes Non- Sequential University Studies Fine Arts course. The Fine Arts Requirement for non-majors has the following specific learning outcome goals:
Student Learning Outcome Goals in the Fine Arts Non-Sequential Requirement:
The learning outcome goals for students taking a course that fulfills the fine arts requirement are that students will:
1. demonstrate engagement in the creative process,
2. demonstrate the ability to respond to and reflect on the aesthetic experience of the arts, and
3. demonstrate connections between aesthetic experience and the larger cultural context of creation.
Snapshot
The assessment report will provide a brief overview of curricula, facilities and faculty/staff of the Music, Theatre Arts and Dance, and the Visual Art departments. The classes that meet the FAR requirement are included in this report.
The Learning Story
The report will include the variety of options for a student to meet the requirement. How non-majors develop and fulfill the learning outcome goals and how these goals connect to the mission of the university are reviewed.
Assessment Methods
A questionnaire measures the student’s progress and experience in meeting the goals. The survey indicates points of engagement in relation to each leaning goal. Faculty and student assessments of accomplishing the goals are collected as well.
- Student Assessment of student performance:
Green, Yellow or Red.
- Faculty Assessment of student’s performance:
Green, Yellow or Red
- Student Engagement/Reflective Survey
Assessment Data
The report will include the resulting data on each assessment. Assessments will use a 3 level performance matrix, a three level achievement signal and be collected each semester. The student engagement survey will be electronically administered or available in hard copy and information will be tabulated and assessed. The three assessments will provide evidence of student success through a survey assessment, faculty assessment and student’s appraisal/reflection assessment. Results will be reported to faculty.
Analysis of Assessment Results
The Fine Arts Requirement committee will examine the reported percentage findings. Meeting the expectations of the Fine Art Requirement for the non-major includes measurement of the student’s engagement in a creative process, evidence of a reflective exercise, and evidence of connection between aesthetic experience and the larger cultural context of creation of an art experience. Percentages could correlate with a need for more teaching in one or more of the goals areas, trainings on how to integrate the three goals successfully or changes in the FAR list of classes that meet the requirement.
Improvement Plans
The annual report will be created by FAR Committee and shared with the fine arts department faculty in order to suggest ways to improve the quality of student learning experience in the MPSL yearly. Discussion and development of improvement plans and initiatives will take place in fine art faculty meetings and focus on the previous year’s assessment results.
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