OATdb Archive

2007 - 2008

Art BFA (Photography)

Goal
Prepare Students For Professional Design Practice Or Graduate Level Study.
Prepare students for professional design practice or graduate level study.

Objective
Courses Structured To Develop Student's Creative Capacities In Visual Arts And Design.
Curriculum structured to develop and enhance student's creative skills and judgments in both visual arts and design in preparation for placement into a practicing photographic environment or graduate level research.

Indicator
Is Curriculum Being Revised?
Is the curriculum being revised to better develop the creative capacities of BFA students?

Criterion
Review Courses for Problem-Solving Development
Were proposals made to revise the existing curriculum toward the objective of increasing the creative abilities of our BFA students?

Finding
Curriculum is being revised.
Revisions have been made and paperwork prepared for departmental approval of curriculum changes in the Photography Program.

Action
Monitor curriculum change documents.
Monitor the progress of curriculum change documents as they move through the process of review and approval.

Objective
Students Understand Principles Fundamental To Visual Arts And Photography.
Require beginning students participation in the W.A.S.H. program.

Indicator
Is The W.A.S.H. Program Being Implemented?
Is the W.A.S.H. program being implemented within the curriculum?

Criterion
Implementation of W.A.S.H program.
Were faculty hired, place provided, and curriculum developed in order to fully implement the W.A.S.H program?

Finding
The W.A.S.H Program is being implemented.
The W.A.S.H Program is being put in place for the fall 2008 semester. Faculty are being hired, facilities have been rented, and preliminary syllabi have been prepared.

Action
Continue to support W.A.S.H Program implementation
Continue to support the implementation of the W.A.S.H Program within the department through monitoring effectiveness from student, faculty, and administrative perspectives.

Goal
Provide Technical And Aesthetic Foundations Necessary To Support Students' Personal Expression.
Provide technical and aesthetic foundations necessary to support students' efforts at personal expression.

Objective
Courses Structured To Develop Student's Creative Capacities In Visual Arts And Design.
Curriculum structured to develop and enhance student's creative skills and judgments in both visual arts and design in preparation for placement into a practicing photographic environment or graduate level research.

Indicator
Is Curriculum Being Revised?
Is the curriculum being revised to better develop the creative capacities of BFA students?

Criterion
Review Courses for Problem-Solving Development
Were proposals made to revise the existing curriculum toward the objective of increasing the creative abilities of our BFA students?

Finding
Curriculum is being revised.
Revisions have been made and paperwork prepared for departmental approval of curriculum changes in the Photography Program.

Action
Monitor curriculum change documents.
Monitor the progress of curriculum change documents as they move through the process of review and approval.

Objective
Students Understand Principles Fundamental To Visual Arts And Photography.
Require beginning students participation in the W.A.S.H. program.

Indicator
Is The W.A.S.H. Program Being Implemented?
Is the W.A.S.H. program being implemented within the curriculum?

Criterion
Implementation of W.A.S.H program.
Were faculty hired, place provided, and curriculum developed in order to fully implement the W.A.S.H program?

Finding
The W.A.S.H Program is being implemented.
The W.A.S.H Program is being put in place for the fall 2008 semester. Faculty are being hired, facilities have been rented, and preliminary syllabi have been prepared.

Action
Continue to support W.A.S.H Program implementation
Continue to support the implementation of the W.A.S.H Program within the department through monitoring effectiveness from student, faculty, and administrative perspectives.


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