Undergraduate Foundation Program: Student Learning Outcomes

(2006-07)

Major learning outcomes and assessment measures:

1. Understanding of basic design principles with an emphasis on two- and three-dimensional design and the ability to apply these principles to a specific aesthetic intent, including a functional knowledge of the traditions, conceptual modes, and evolutions of the discipline.
2. Understanding of visual forms and their aesthetic functions and basic design principles, with attention to such areas as design, color, and lighting.
3. Skill in the use of drawing media and the ability to translate observation to image.
4. Knowledge and skills in the use of basic tools, techniques, technologies, and processes sufficient to work from concept to finished product.
5. Understanding of the possibilities and limitations of various materials.
6. Ability to develop solutions to aesthetic and design problems and to synthesize the use of drawing, two- and three-dimensional design, and color from basic studies to the development of advanced capabilities.
7. Functional knowledge of art history and theory, the influence of art and design on culture.

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