ART-490 Visual Studies Portfolio and Program
Assessment
After completing fifteen credits of
visual-studies courses, minors must enroll in the
one-credit visual-studies portfolio course. Their
portfolio will contain relevant materials such as
exams, papers, and digital images of assignments,
plus instructor comments. Students must include a
1000-1500-word essay describing the most
important insights and skills developed during
their course of study. The essay must also assess
the strengths and weaknesses of the
visual-studies minor. The portfolio will be
graded Pass/Fail. Students should therefore take
care from the time they begin the program to
retain copies and images of work from courses
comprising the visual-studies minor. This
requirement applies to both the
Humanities-and-Fine-Arts and the Social-Sciences
PEAK minors.