In English 372, students will demonstrate learning outcomes in “Knowledge of Human Cultures” and in “Intellectual and Practical Skills”: by engagement with key questions in literary and other cultural artifacts, and by producing written literary or cultural analysis that reflects thoughtful, informed engagement with source material and standards of evidence and argumentation in humanistic disciplines. This outcome will be assessed through review of papers written in the course, a requirement of all English GER courses, via the rubric which appears on the following page. Content Organization Mechanics & Other Editing A Highly original. Clear Well-organized, Accurate use Precise word choices; vivid, thesis and argument. even at of citation fresh language. Avoids No factual or logical paragraph level. conventions. wordiness. Informal inaccuracies. Reader led language only when clearly through a logical Virtually no appropriate. Establishes Minimal summary; sequence; paper mechanical or ethos strongly through uses evidence, not stays on topic. formatting knowledge of subject. opinion; represents errors. secondary sources Entertains, educates, and accurately. makes reader want to know more. B Less original; may Well-organized, Some Language sometime too have minor factual but structure awkwardly general or less precise than errors. sometimes worded the A writing. disjointed. passages. May use secondary Enough errors to suggest sources uncritically Goes off-topic on Some errors, the paper needs more or with mild occasion. but not polish and thought. inaccuracy. enough to distract the reader. C Relies more on Basically well More frequent Language is competent but summary than organized, awkwardness, wordy, general, imprecise, original though with or trite. interpretation or individual distracting argument. Restates paragraphs may errors, common or familiar be disunified or although arguments or misplaced. meaning is interpretations clear. uncritically. Logical and apparent plan Citations Secondary sources overall. improperly do not clearly formatted or contribute to or absent. support the argument, or may be presented inaccurately.
In English 372, students will demonstrate learning outcomes in “Knowledge of Human Cultures” and in “Intellectual and Practical Skills”: by engagement with key questions in literary and other cultural artifacts, and by producing written literary or cultural analysis that reflects thoughtful, informed engagement with source material and standards of evidence and argumentation in humanistic disciplines. This outcome will be assessed through review of papers written in the course, a requirement of all English GER courses, via the rubric which appears on the following page. Content Organization Mechanics & Editing Other A Highly original. Clear thesis and argument. No factual or logical inaccuracies. Minimal summary; uses evidence, not opinion; represents secondary sources accurately. Well-organized, even at paragraph level. Reader led through a logical sequence; paper stays on topic. Accurate use of citation conventions. Virtually no mechanical or formatting errors. Precise word choices; vivid, fresh language. Avoids wordiness. Informal language only when clearly appropriate. Establishes ethos strongly through knowledge of subject. Entertains, educates, and makes reader want to know more. B Less original; may have minor factual errors. May use secondary sources uncritically or with mild inaccuracy. Well-organized, but structure sometimes disjointed. Goes off-topic on occasion. Some awkwardly worded passages. Some errors, but not enough to distract the reader. Language sometime too general or less precise than the A writing. Enough errors to suggest the paper needs more polish and thought. C Relies more on summary than original interpretation or argument. Restates common or familiar arguments or interpretations uncritically. Secondary sources do not clearly contribute to or support the argument, or may be presented inaccurately. Basically well organized, though individual paragraphs may be disunified or misplaced. Logical and apparent plan overall. More frequent awkwardness, with distracting errors, although meaning is clear. Citations improperly formatted or absent. Language is competent but wordy, general, imprecise, or trite.
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