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This rubric is designed as a tool to assess activities aimed at student gains in the following learning outcome(s) for the Professional Writing General Education Category.

At the completion of this course, students will be able to:

  • Understand the stages required to produce competent, professional writing through planning, drafting, revising, and editing.

This rubric is designed as a tool to assess activities aimed at student gains in the following learning outcome(s) for the Professional Writing - Purpose/ Argument General Education Category.

At the completion of this course, students will be able to:

Assessing the team process can be challenging.

This is facilitated by asking students to submit planning documents (eg Project Plan, Status Reports, Team Contract etc) and requiring teams to meet in class or in an online space, where you may observe students working and interacting. Effective team work includes time and opportunity to exchange ideas and discuss the concepts at hand.

The University of Maryland is one of a small number of the nation’s leading colleges and universities with an honor code. The University takes academic dishonesty very seriously. If a student is found responsible for violating the Code of Academic Integrity, the penalties are severe.

The Faculty Boards will supervise the initiation and semester-by-semester operations of the various elements of the General Education Program. These Boards will be appointed by the Dean for Undergraduate Studies in consultation with the collegiate Deans.

We would be pleased to offer a General Education workshop to your group. Please contact us to about your request so that we may schedule the workshop to meet your needs.

This rubric is designed as a tool to assess activities aimed at student gains in the following learning outcome(s) for the Academic Writing General Education Category.

At the completion of this course, students will be able to:

  • Demonstrate facility with the fundamentals of persuasion, especially as they are adapted to a variety of special situations and audiences in academic writing.

This rubric is designed as a tool to assess activities aimed at student gains in the following learning outcome(s) for the Analytic Reasoning General Education Category:

At the completion of this course, students will be able to:

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