Students must student with end of spring provide at least feedback semester one draft for about their shares a feedback. writing to copy of the form Faculty may improve their with Kate use the rubric performance LaMere for to provide reporting) preliminary feedback; additional comments or a meeting with the student are recommended, but not required. Contemporary Upon Thesis Provide MFA Cultural After the Faculty turns-in Issues completion document student with Issues thesis is one copy of the of the MFA the rubric to Rubric.docx evaluated, rubric and the thesis help them (3-point scale) faculty paper to Scott document write the provides the Eagle before the thesis. student with end of spring Students must feedback semester provide at least about their (Scott shares a one draft for writing to copy of the form feedback. improve their with Kate Faculty may performance LaMere for use the rubric reporting) to provide preliminary feedback; additional comments or a meeting with the student are recommended, but not required. Detailed Description of MFA Assessment Oral Communication Skills FIRST YEAR Means of Assessment: Students will present their creative activity and work in a formal presentation to faculty before the end of their first year of study in the MFA program. Students’ oral communication skills will be evaluated using a rubric. Criteria for evaluation include: organization, content: depth and accuracy, content: art and design context, research effort, use of visual aids, use of language/grammar/word choice, voice, eye contact, personal appearance, audience interaction/questions and answers, audience response and length of presentation. The committee completes one rubric that uses a three-point score— 1-Developing; 2-Meets Expectations; 3-Above Expectations.
Students must provide at least one draft for feedback. Faculty may use the rubric to provide preliminary feedback; additional comments or a meeting with the student are recommended, but not required. student with feedback about their writing to improve their performance end of spring semester shares a copy of the form with Kate LaMere for reporting) Contemporary Issues Upon completion of the MFA thesis document Thesis document Provide student with the rubric to help them write the thesis. Students must provide at least one draft for feedback. Faculty may use the rubric to provide preliminary feedback; additional comments or a meeting with the student are recommended, but not required. MFA Cultural Issues Rubric.docx (3-point scale) After the thesis is evaluated, faculty provides the student with feedback about their writing to improve their performance Faculty turns-in one copy of the rubric and the paper to Scott Eagle before the end of spring semester (Scott shares a copy of the form with Kate LaMere for reporting) Detailed Description of MFA Assessment Oral Communication Skills FIRST YEAR Means of Assessment: Students will present their creative activity and work in a formal presentation to faculty before the end of their first year of study in the MFA program. Students’ oral communication skills will be evaluated using a rubric. Criteria for evaluation include: organization, content: depth and accuracy, content: art and design context, research effort, use of visual aids, use of language/grammar/word choice, voice, eye contact, personal appearance, audience interaction/questions and answers, audience response and length of presentation. The committee completes one rubric that uses a three-point score— 1-Developing; 2-Meets Expectations; 3-Above Expectations.
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