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Revised MFA Assessment —2015–2016

Beginning with the 2015-2016 academic year, the faculty decided to create new rubrics that modify the assessment plan for the MFA in Art.

Three new rubrics with corresponding Means of Assessment and Criteria for Success have been created in the University’s assessment tracking system, TracDat.

Below is a detailed description of the revised assessment plan. The main changes are in the forms used to conduct assessment; MFA students are still evaluated at the end of the first and second years, and through their thesis exhibition.

These tables provide an overview of when actions occur for students, procedures, and assessment requirements.

First Year When? What? How? Assessment Rubric:

Follow-up: Paperwork:

Oral Communication Skills

Before the end of the first year

Formal presentation of creative work

Provide student with the rubric to help them prepare for the presentation

MFA Oral Communication Rubric.docx(3-point scale)

After the presentation, faculty provides the student with feedback about their presentation to improve performance the following year

Faculty turns-in one copy of the rubric to Scott Eagle before the end of spring semester(Scott shares a copy of the form with Kate LaMere for reporting)

Written Communication Skills


A minimum 5-page paper about the student’s creative work, or a topic of the committee’s/professor’s choosing

Provide student with the rubric to help them write the paper.Students must provide at least one draft to provide feedback.Faculty uses the rubric to provide preliminary feedback; additional comments or a meeting with the student are recommended, but not required.


After the paper is evaluated, faculty provides the student with feedback about their writing to improve their performance the following year

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)

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Second Year

When? What? How? Assessment Rubric:




Formal presentation of creative work


MFA Written Communication Rubric.docx(3-point scale)

After the presentation, faculty provides the student with feedback about their presentation to improve performance the following year




A minimum 5-page paper about the student’s creative work, or a topic of the committee’s/professor’s choosing

Provide student with the rubric to help them write the paper.Students must provide at least one draft to provide feedback.Faculty uses the rubric to provide preliminary feedback; additional comments or a meeting with the student are recommended, but not required.


After the paper is evaluated, faculty provides the student with feedback about their writing to improve their performance the following year


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Thesis When? What? How? Assessment Rubric:



Once thesis exhibition is mounted

Formal defense and presentation of the thesis exhibition



After the defense, faculty provides the student with feedback about their presentation to improve performance



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.


After the thesis is evaluated, faculty provides the student with feedback about their writing to improve their performance


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


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Detailed Description of MFA Assessment


FIRST YEARMeans 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.

Criterion for Success:90% of students will score 2-Meets Expectations or higher on 6 of 11 items.

Rubric:MFA Oral Communication Rubric.docx

SECOND YEARMeans of Assessment:Students will present their creative activity and work in a formal presentation to faculty before the end of their second 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.



THESISMeans of Assessment:Students will present their thesis work in a formal presentation to faculty. Students’ oral communication skills will be evaluated using a rubric.

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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-Below expectations; 2-Meets Expectations; 3-Above Expectations.

Criterion for Success:100% of students will score 2-Meets Expectations or higher on all 11 items.



FIRST YEARMeans of Assessment:Through a research paper of at least five-pages that utilizes a standard citation style, students’ written communication skills are evaluated. Faculty reviews the paper and scores it using a rubric.

Criteria for evaluation are: context and purpose of writing; content development; content: contemporary and social issues; content: building on disciplinary precedents; sources and evidence; organization; clarity and style; citations. These items are scored using a three-point scale: 1-Developing; 2-Meets Expectations; 3-Exceeds Expectations.


Rubric:MFA Written Communication Rubric.docx

SECOND YEARMeans of Assessment:Through a research paper of at least five-pages that utilizes a standard citation style, students’ written communication skills are evaluated. Faculty reviews the paper and scores it using a rubric.



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THESISMeans of Assessment:Through their thesis, students’ written communication skills are evaluated. Faculty reviews the paper and scores it using a rubric.


Criterion for Success:100% of students will score 2-Meets Expectations or higher on all 8 items.


Cultural Issues—Professional Disciplinary Knowledge

Means of Assessment:Upon mounting a thesis exhibition, faculty meets with candidates to discuss and evaluate their thesis exhibition. A rubric is used to evaluate the candidate’s understanding of their work in relationship to contemporary cultural and social issues and contemporary issues in their discipline/field.

Criterion for Success:90% of students will achieve an overall average of 2 (Meets Expectations) across the items of the rubric.

Rubric:MFA Cultural Issues Rubric.docx

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