Visual Arts & Design

• Mission Statement

  Art is the universal language through which we express our common aspirations and experiences. As such, it has always been a channel for appreciating and understanding the diversity of humankind. In contemporary society the use of visual media has expanded rapidly. People who formerly typed documents now design web pages. More studies are indicating that children who experience the visual arts are more successful in their other studies. Attendance at art museums is at an all time high. The need to experience, understand and successfully create visual media is increasing. The Department of Visual Arts and Design is prepared to meet these needs.
  
  Faculty: All of our faculty are practicing professionals. WSU-DOVAD takes pride that the faculty demonstrate the level of excellence we expect of our students.

• Student Learning Outcomes
  • Certificate (Not Applicable)

     

  • Associate Degree

    Measurable Learning Outcomes for the Associate of Arts in Art:

    Creation Innovation

    • Technical Proficiency - Produce technically proficient visual work.
    • Conceptual, Ethical, Critical - Utilize conceptual frameworks, ethical reasoning, and critical thinking skills in the making of visual media.
    • Learn, Adapt, Apply - Demonstrate the ability to learn, adapt, and apply new techniques, tools, processes, and ideas.

     

    Analysis Communication

    • Assess, Analyze, Synthesize - Assess, analyze, and synthesize historical and contemporary information regarding visual art and design.
    • Writing and Oral Communication - Communicate effectively and ethically about visual media through written or oral means.
    • Recognize and Identify - Recognize and identify historically influencial styles, movements, periods, theories, and practitioners of art and design in a global context.

     

    Professionalization Collaboration

    • Contemporary Professional Practices - Implement contemporary professional practices in the field.
    • Cooperation With Peers - Demonstrate the ability to work cooperatively, ethically, and effectively with peers.
    • Profession, Practice, Community - Explain visual art and design as a profession, practice, and global community.
  • Bachelor Degrees

    Measurable Learning Outcomes for the Bachelor of Arts in Art and Bachelor of Fine Arts:

    Creation Innovation

    • Technical Proficiency - Produce technically proficient visual work.
    • Conceptual, Ethical, Critical - Utilize conceptual frameworks, ethical reasoning, and critical thinking skills in the making of visual media.
    • Learn, Adapt, Apply - Demonstrate the ability to learn, adapt, and apply new techniques, tools, processes, and ideas.

     

    Analysis Communication

    • Assess, Analyze, Synthesize - Assess, analyze, and synthesize historical and contemporary information regarding visual art and design.
    • Writing and Oral Communication - Communicate effectively and ethically about visual media through written or oral means.
    • Recognize and Identify - Recognize and identify historically influencial styles, movements, periods, theories, and practitioners of art and design in a global context.

     

    Professionalization Collaboration

    • Contemporary Professional Practices - Implement contemporary professional practices in the field.
    • Cooperation With Peers - Demonstrate the ability to work cooperatively, ethically, and effectively with peers.
    • Profession, Practice, Community - Explain visual art and design as a profession, practice, and global community. 

   

• Curriculum Grid

• Program and Contact Information

  Our world is partially understood through smell, taste, sound, and touch. But perhaps most of all we make sense of our environment through what we see. The art, architecture, mass media and even the furniture in our spaces bear distinct messages that influence our decisions and enrich life.Creative processes are exciting. Students of art and design contribute new expression to the vitality of our visual environment and learn to interpret what is seen through trained observation. Innovative thinking is absolutely necessary for success and must be balanced against research and critical judgment. Emphasis is placed on writing and the critical evaluation of artistic products. Students gain experience at preparing exhibits and portfolios for eventual professional activity.
  Studies in art, art history and design offer windows of understanding to other cultures, both past and present. This is one of our primary concerns in preparing citizens for productive relations in an increasingly multicultural society.
  Seventy-eight different courses are offered by the Department of Visual Arts and Design. These span traditional areas such as art history, art education, ceramics, drawing, small metals/jewelry, painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture, and graphic design. The department is continually expanding into emerging modes of expression involving digital video, digital photography, animation, interactive design, and sound. Classes are enhanced by public lectures, seminars, workshops and special sessions by critics, historians, and visiting artists

  Department of Visual Arts Website

  Contact Information:
  Matthew Choberka
  2001 University Circle
  Ogden, UT 84408
  Kimball Visual Arts Bldg, Rm 101
  (801) 626-7270

• Assessment Plan

  DOVAD's new assessment plan implemented 2020-2022 addresses the totality of the effectiveness of our program through an updated curriculum grid that measures stages of student development with a focus on assessing student learning outcomes as opposed to an emphases on courses. We aim to have all of DOVAD's courses assessed by every instructor each semester moving forward. This new system will help generate a greater understanding of evidence of learning to improve our interpretation of program needs and greater ability to "close the loop" for optimal assessment effectiveness of our programs. The new assessment plan is threefold:

  1. GenEd ELO's have been aligned with the program ELO's. DOVAD bases assessment off of "signature" assignments collected and archived from canvas GenEd courses, including ART 1010, ART 1110, ART 1030, ARTH 1090, ARTH 1100, & ART 2450. The rubric in canvas must be titled "Signature Assignment" in order to be collected. Note: instructors outside of GenEd may not include the term "signature" within the assessment rubric on canvas. (See appendix C for GenEd Creative Arts outcome alignment with DOVAD outcomes).
  2. All of DOVAD's courses are assessed based on DOVAD's curriculum grid with includes introductory, developed, and mastery of learning objectives. Each course has its own specific set of learning objectives and level of achievement which were established by the department. Faculty with include DOVAD learning outcomes on the syllabus for each course in addition to other course objectives. All faculty will administer assessment semesterly through canvas, but this will be hidden from student view in the gradebook as to avoid confusion and misunderstanding from the students. The purpose is to assess the program as a whole and judge the effectiveness of student learning outcomes based on the scope of the assignment, which is a reflection of teaching effectiveness and therefore different from assignment grades. This is typically done for Assignments occurring at the end of the semester for optimal results.
  3. DOVAD's capstone courses will be assessed by the course instructors on canvas for: ART 3995, ART 4410, and ART 4990. These final program courses will be assessed with greater scrutiny to determine program needs. Student Thesis exhibitions should be documented and archived for five-year and/or seven-year assessment plans.
• Assessment Report Submissions

  2021-22
  2019-20 - No report submitted
  2017
  2016
  2015 - No report submitted

• Program Review

  2016-17

This information is part of the cyclical program review process. Details such as mission statements, learning outcomes, etc., are updated as part of the biennial assessment reporting process, an integral component of program review.