DEPARTMENT OF ART AND ART HISTORY
GOALS AND OBJECTIVES:

FACULTY:
Goal: Maintain excellence in instruction
Objectives
1. Foundations/Drawing position become Tenure Track
2. Full-time Non Tenure Track Graphic Design position
3. New Full-time Tenure Track Art Historian position, Ancient to Medieval.

RESEARCH
Goal: Facilitate excellence in Research
Objectives
1. Course release time at Chair’s discretion.
2. Junior faculty travel endowment.
3. Increase travel budget

FACILITIES/EQUIPMENT:
Goal: Improve facilities and equipment
For the most part, while great strides have been made since 2000, an increase of facility space remains a goal in the department. Still, much of the success of achieving our goals lie in university administration making space available.
Objectives
1. Photography and Printmaking Designated Spaces
2. Renovation of HB 103
3. Mid-size Art and Art History lecture room
4. Gallery Storage
5. BFA Student Spaces
6. Storage space for the departmental office.

STAFF:
Goal: Increase staff to meet needs
Objectives
1. Full-time/Non-student Lab Technician
2. Slide Library, Digital Imaging/Visual Resources

COMMUNITY SERVICE, INVOLVEMENT, AND RECOGNITION:
Goal: Increase visibility, recognition, and involvement of the department in the community.
Objectives
1. Establish funding specifically for recruitment of the best students from the state.
2. Participate and lead workshops and demonstrations on areas of expertise for the community.
3. Exhibit professionally locally and regionally

The UAB Department of Art and Art History mission, goals, and objectives have a direct relationship to those of the university in providing an exceptional educational opportunity to both undergraduate and graduate students, improvement of research capabilities, service to the community and the state, and the creation of a positive, supportive, and diverse work environment in which faculty and staff can excel.