the project, with explanation approach. There and why the methods the creative process; of choices. is no relationship are good for the project. methods are between what the appropriate for topic student proposes and discipline. to do and why. Makes insightful connections between the creative process (choice of materials, forms, etc.) and the vision for the project. Proposal outlines an The scope of the The scope of the The scope of the proposal The scope of the achievable project with a proposal is proposal is of is moderately reasonable proposal is realistic timeline for a unreasonable in terms some concern in in terms of time and reasonable in terms of time and resources resources available. The semester-long project. terms of time and of time and available. Student has student has considered resources resources available. not considered and and made plans for most **Note: While we want to encourage available. The The student has made plans for key steps of the project. students to make provisions for key student has considered and made steps of the project. steps in the project, we also do not considered and plans for all steps of want to only award those projects that made plans for the project. are Feel free to give a student a some steps of the “safe.” project. higher score if there are more unknowns in a project because it is ambitious.** Writing Skills 0=Poor or Absent 1=Fair 2 = Good 3 = Exceptional Score Proposal is clearly written Proposal includes an The proposal The proposal includes The proposal is free for a non-expert audience unacceptable includes some occasional grammatical from grammatical and follows conventions for number of grammatical errors. Writing style is errors. Description is academic writing. grammatical errors. errors. Writing easy to follow. clear, concise, and Proposal fails to style is sometimes Description depicts the uses appropriate properly cite difficult to read. project well, but uses non-technical sources. Description Description is some jargon or is descriptions and does not provide a hard to otherwise hard to terms. general picture of understand, understand. the proposed verbose, or
the project, with explanation of choices. approach. There is no relationship between what the student proposes to do and why. and why the methods are good for the project. the creative process; methods are appropriate for topic and discipline. Makes insightful connections between the creative process (choice of materials, forms, etc.) and the vision for the project. Proposal outlines an achievable project with a realistic timeline for a semester-long project. **Note: While we want to encourage students to make provisions for key steps in the project, we also do not want to only award those projects that are “safe.” Feel free to give a student a higher score if there are more unknowns in a project because it is ambitious.** The scope of the proposal is unreasonable in terms of time and resources available. Student has not considered and made plans for key steps of the project. The scope of the proposal is of some concern in terms of time and resources available. The student has considered and made plans for some steps of the project. The scope of the proposal is moderately reasonable in terms of time and resources available. The student has considered and made plans for most steps of the project. The scope of the proposal is reasonable in terms of time and resources available. The student has considered and made plans for all steps of the project. Writing Skills 0=Poor or Absent 1=Fair 2 = Good 3 = Exceptional Score Proposal is clearly written for a non-expert audience and follows conventions for academic writing. Proposal includes an unacceptable number of grammatical errors. Proposal fails to properly cite sources. Description does not provide a general picture of the proposed The proposal includes some grammatical errors. Writing style is sometimes difficult to read. Description is hard to understand, verbose, or The proposal includes occasional grammatical errors. Writing style is easy to follow. Description depicts the project well, but uses some jargon or is otherwise hard to understand. The proposal is free from grammatical errors. Description is clear, concise, and uses appropriate non-technical descriptions and terms.
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