Assessing the subjective: Meaningful evaluation of subjective disciplines using rubrics.

1. Vocal Solo Music Performance Outcome: Students demonstrate independent musicianship through performance and analysis. Means of Assessment: All students who are assessed in the end-of-semester performance juries are evaluated by an applied music faculty panel, using a discipline-based, School of Music approved, jury sheet. Watch this performance and complete the rubric below: Dance Duet Outcome: Students will execute proper technical skills in performance through physical aptitude and an engaging performance quality. Means of Assessment: Students' dancing will be assessed throughout the performance by demonstration of body alignment and control with energy, projection, spatial awareness, musicality and expression. Watch this performance and complete the rubric below: Theater Voice Pretest-Posttest Outcome: Improve the students' in the elimination of vocal fry, nasality, and glottal attacks. Means of Assessment: Recording students' voices at the beginning and the end of the semester, and listening to and assessing the improvement in the elimination of vocal fry, nasality, and glottal attacks. Listen to the before and after and complete the rubric below: Broadcast Journalism COMM 4293 – Editing and Producing the News Outcome: Students produce broadcast journalism shows. Means of Assessment: Students’ broadcast journalism shows are evaluated by School of Communications faculty, using a faculty-designed rubric. Watch this show and complete the rubric below: Assessing the subjective: Meaningful evaluation of subjective disciplines using rubrics. Musical Theater Audition “Demo Reel” THEA 4095 – Musical Theatre Performance Techniques 4 Outcome: Students will select appropriate audition materials to build a professional auditions book, audition packages, professional head shot/resume and video demo reel. Means of Assessment: Students will be evaluated via the selection and adaptation of appropriate materials through numerous “simulated” auditions before an audience of theatre faculty, BFA program peers and guests; and on the effectiveness of the digital video demo reel. Watch this demo reel and complete the rubric below: College of Fine Arts & Communication Assessment Council Jeffrey Ward, chair/SOM Lisa Beth Robinson, SOAD Jin-Ae Kang, SOC Patch Clark, SOTD Natalie Stewart, SOTD Patti Weeks, SOTD Drawing ART 1020 – Drawing Outcome: Candidates will demonstrate their understanding of basic elements and principles in art and design before advancing to survey-level studio courses. Means of Assessment: Drawing I, ART 1020, students will be administered a pre and post drawing to evaluate their observation skill, composition, quality of mark and spatial understanding. Evaluate the two drawings with the rubric below: 4 = High Level of Understanding and Competence 3 = Good Level of Understanding and Competence 2 = Fair Level of Understanding and Competence 2 = Poor Level of Understanding and Competence