Rubrics make explicit the criteria for evaluating the quality of student work in relation to one or more intended learning outcomes. Below are examples from a variety of departments and programs. Contact the department/program to learn more about how samples of student work were selected and analyzed.
Fine Arts
- Senior exhibition evaluation – Department of Art and Art History
- Technique and performance – Department of Dance
- Proficiency in the elements of music – Department of Music
Humanities
- Critical writing – Department of English
- Critical thinking – Great Conversation
- Primary source analysis – Department of History
- Language proficiency and understanding – Department of Norwegian
- Argument analysis – Department of Philosophy
- Critical and normative interpretation – Department of Religion
Interdisciplinary and General Studies
- Scholarly source analysis – Department of Environmental Studies
- Proficiency in women’s study theory – Women’s Studies Program
Social Sciences
- Use of data in student work – Department of Economics
- Scholarly writing – Department of Political Science