0-3 Point Grading Rubric

All student work (except preliminary essay assignments and participation) will get either 0, 1, 2, or 3 points based on the following criteria:

• Fail = 0 points 

  • The student work fails to engage the assignment criteria in some meaningful way such as:
    • Fails to address the stated topic
    • fails to adequately communicate any cogent thoughts (i.e., the instructor can't understand it at all)
    • Fails to follow the assignment guidelines (too short, too long, improperly formatted, etc.)

• Low Pass = 1 Point

  • The work has no fatal shortcoming but:
    • The writing is unclear or the reasoning presented is seriously flawed in key parts
    • barely meets the stated requirements
    • barely addresses the stated topic

• Pass = 2 points

  • The work is competent insofar as it:
    • fulfills all the requirement of the assignment
    • the writing and reasoning are generally clear and absent of major flaws
    • fully addresses the stated topic

• High Pass = 3 points

  • The work is excellent insofar as it:
    • fulfills all the requirements of the assignment
    • the writing is clear, and the reasoning is absent of all but minor flaws
    • fully addresses the stated topic and provides a meaningful connection to some matter of importance beyond that topic.