Capstone Final Project Assessment Rubric




Gender,
Sexuality
and
Feminist
Studies
 Capstone
Final
Project
 Assessment
Rubric
 
 1.
Student’s
Major(s)








2.
Student’s
Minor(s)
(if
applicable)








3.
Student’s
Class/Year
Status
in
School








4.
Title
of
Project








5.
Date








6.
Name
of
Primary
Instructor/Evaluator
(print)








7.
Grade
in
the
course






 8.
Letter
grade
on
the
capstone
final
project








9.
Capstone
Final
Project
is
from
(please
check
one
category):
 


an
approved
GSFS
300
or
400‐level
capstone
course
 
 


a
GSFS
honors
project
 an
alternative
final
project
in
a
course
approved
by
the
Director
of
GSFS.


 Briefly
describe:
 



 NOTES:
The
GSFS
Capstone
Final
Project
should
significantly
engage
with
gender,
sexuality
and
feminist
 studies
 and
 demonstrate
 effort
 and
 quality
 expected
 at
 the
 senior
 level
 in
 the
 (inter)discipline
 of
 the
 course.
 The
 Capstone
 Final
 Project
 should
 be
 fulfilled
 no
 earlier
 than
 spring
 term
 of
 the
 third
 year
 to
 assure
curricular
depth
and
intellectual
and
creative
growth
(verticality)
in
gender,
sexuality
and
feminist
 studies.
 _____________________________________________________________
 Capstone
Final
Project
Evaluation
 
 INSTRUCTIONS:
This
form
is
to
be
completed
by
the
primary
faculty
supervisor
of
a
GSFS
final
project
 during
 the
 grading
 period.
 The
 completed
 form
 should
 be
 submitted
 to
 Ms.
 Linda
 Pardee,
 GSFS
 Administrative
 Technician/Department
 Secretary.
 The
 completed
 form
 should
 be
 (1)
 attached
 to
 a
 copy
of
the
student’s
final
paper
or
to
alternative
documentation
if
the
final
project
does
not
take
the
 form
of
a
paper.
The
student’s
name
must
be
redacted
with
a
marker
before
submission
to
the
GSFS
 office.
(2)
The
GSFS
office
also
requires
a
brief
consent
form
signed
and
dated
by
each
student
giving
 us
 permission
 to
 copy
 and
 keep
 capstone
 final
 project
 documentation
 for
 assessment
 and
 program
 review
 (form
 available
 on
 the
 GSFS
 website).
 The
 student
 should
 receive
 a
 copy
 of
 this
 completed
 assessment
rubric
with
their
regularly
graded
final
project.
 

 PLEASE
CONTINUE
TO
COMPLETE
THE
SHORT
SURVEY.


1
 





This
GSFS
Capstone
Final
Project…
 1)
Is
significantly
informed
by
and
engaged
with
gender,
sexuality,
and
feminist
theories,
methods,
and
 scholarship
as
appropriate
to
the
(inter)discipline
and
project
(circle
one
answer):
 STRONGLY
DISAGREE
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 STRONGLY
AGREE
 1
 
 
 2
 
 
 3
 
 
 4
 
 
 5
 
 
 2)
 Is
 alert
 to
 methodological,
 representational
 and/or
 epistemological
 issues
 informed
 by
 gender,
 sexuality
and
feminist
scholarship
as
appropriate
to
the
(inter)discipline
and
project:
 1
 
 
 2
 
 
 3
 
 
 4
 
 
 5
 
 
 3)
 Attends
 to
 (and
 complicates,
 if
 necessary)
 issues
 of
 identity,
 positionality
 and
 intersectionality
 as
 relevant
and
appropriate
to
the
(inter)discipline
and
project:
 1
 
 
 2
 
 
 3
 
 
 4
 
 
 5
 
 
 4)
 Is
 interdisciplinary
 or
 cross‐disciplinary
 in
 its
 approach
 as
 appropriate
 to
 the
 (inter)discipline
 and
 project:
 1
 
 
 2
 
 
 3
 
 
 4
 
 
 5
 
 
 5)
Has
analytical
and/or
creative
depth
as
appropriate
to
the
(inter)discipline
and
project:
 1
 
 
 2
 
 
 3
 
 
 4
 
 
 5
 
 
 6)
Demonstrates
clarity
and
polish
in
expression
and
presentation
as
appropriate
to
the
(inter)discipline
 and
project:
 1
 
 
 2
 
 
 3
 
 
 4
 
 
 5
 
 
 7)
Demonstrates
thoroughness
in
research
and/or
preparation
as
appropriate
to
the
(inter)discipline
and
 project:
 1
 
 
 2
 
 
 3
 
 
 4
 
 
 5
 
 
 PLEASE
ADD
ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS:
 


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