Abstract: Thesis (design) of art majors is an important part of art majors in colleges and universities as well as efficient teaching activities of art majors, which is a test of knowledge learned by graduates and a test of teaching quality and teaching environment of colleges and universities. The article conducts a systematic investigation and research on the classification and assessment of the graduation design (thesis) of art majors in Chinese colleges and universities, and discusses the standard requirements of first-class colleges and universities, comprehensive colleges and universities as well as art colleges and universities for various aspects of professional graduation design (thesis), and also makes a systematic overview of the definition, purpose and significance of the assessment of the graduation design (thesis) of art majors, and summarizes, in the context of the great social development, the development of the assessment and requirements of the graduation design (thesis) of art majors, hoping that it can be of some small help to other research scholars.

Key words: Graduation design, Thesis, Art major, Assessment overview, Difference analysis