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Department of Media Studies

Student Learning Assessment Rubric

Senior Comprehensive Exam

 

 

Area tested

Level

 

Exceeding Expectations

(3pts)

Meeting Expectations

(2pts)

Below Expectations

(1pt)

1) Critical analytical skill applied to interpretation of audiovisual text

 

Extensive and insightful taxonomy of formal audiovisual elements

Extensive and insightful causal connections between media aesthetics and rhetoric in relation to social and historical context

Insightful, persuasive expression of reading

Correct and perceptive taxonomy of formal audiovisual elements

Causal connections between media aesthetics and rhetoric in relation to social and historical context

Competent expression of reading

 

Incorrect taxonomy of formal audiovisual elements

Few clear causal connections between media aesthetics & rhetoric in relation to social and historical context

Incompetent expression of reading

 

2) Knowledge of critical and production terminology

 

 

Highly fluent in critical and production terminology

Extensive mastery of audiovisual narrative conventions

 

Proficient in critical and production terminology

Working knowledge of audiovisual narrative conventions

  

Weak or flawed grasp of critical and production terminology

Weak or flawed knowledge of audiovisual narrative conventions

 

3) Ability to demonstrate, via essay, comprehension of & engagement with a work of contemporary scholarship

Clear, insightful thesis 

Evidence always supports arguments

Strong grasp of work’s relation to field

Organization fully supports thesis

Effective, graceful style abetting meaning, free of grammatical error

 

Clear thesis

Evidence generally supports arguments

Grasps work’s relation to field

Organization generally supports thesis

No significant style or grammar problems interfering with meaning

 

No clear thesis 

Evidence fails to support arguments

Weak grasp of work’s relation to field

Unclear organization

Persistent style & grammar problems interfering with comprehension

 

                                

 

note: "Pass with Distinction" is awarded to students earning 8 points or above; Exams receiving 5-7 points are passing.  Exams earning 4 or fewer points fail.

     

 

 



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