Learning Outcome 2: The successful student will be able to apply the acquired knowledge of the discipline to real-world applications and practical contexts of human communication. | |
Exceeds Expectations (4) | Student demonstrates excellence in applying discipline-specific knowledge to explain, analyze, predict, and/or plan for a practical situation. |
Meets Expectations (3) | Student demonstrates competence in applying discipline-specific knowledge to explain, analyze, predict, and/or plan for a practical situation. |
Approaches Expectations (2) | Student demonstrates a superficial or incomplete application of discipline-specific knowledge to explain, analyze, predict, and/or plan for a practical situation. |
Does Not Meet Expectations (1) | Student does not demonstrate competent application of discipline-specific knowledge to explain, analyze, predict, and/or plan for a practical situation. |
Learning Outcome 3: The successful student will demonstrate mastery of writing for unique audiences, purposes, channels, and contexts, using standards for the course of study. | |
Exceeds Expectations (4) | Student demonstrates writing excellence including a clear thesis statement or controlling idea; coherent organization at the paragraph and sentence level; language and content tailored for the purpose of the assignment; and correct use of required formatting. |
Meets Expectations (3) | Student demonstrates writing competence including a fairly clear thesis statement or controlling idea; mostly coherent organization at the paragraph and/or sentence level; language and content mostly tailored for the purpose of the assignment; and mostly correct use of required formatting. |
Approaches Expectations (2) | Student demonstrates a superficial or incomplete writing ability including a muddled thesis statement or controlling idea; some organization at the paragraph and/or sentence level; language and content somewhat tailored for the purpose of the assignment; and somewhat correct use of required formatting. |
Does Not Meet Expectations (1) | Student does not demonstrate writing competence including a missing thesis statement or controlling idea; incoherent organization at the paragraph and sentence level; language and content not tailored for the purpose of the assignment; and incorrect use of required formatting. |
Learning Outcome 5: The successful student will be able to research and analyze findings for the course of study, using critical thinking skills. | |
Exceeds Expectations (4) | Student demonstrates research excellence by relying exclusively or almost exclusively on multiple, appropriate sources that support a clearly stated and highly original argument. |
Meets Expectations (3) | Student demonstrates research competence by relying mainly on multiple, appropriate sources that support a clearly stated and somewhat original argument. |
Approaches Expectations (2) | Student demonstrates a superficial or incomplete research ability by relying somewhat on multiple, appropriate sources (which may be insufficient in number) that support a clearly stated argument. |
Does Not Meet Expectations (1) | Student does not demonstrate research competence by relying exclusively or almost exclusively on too few and/or inappropriate sources that present a poorly formulated argument or no argument. |