Ultimate Questions Evaluation Rubric
All courses with UQ designation address the first learning outcome. In addition, they address at least one of the remaining three.
| Learning Outcome | Unsatisfactory | Satisfactory | Exemplary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Identify and analyze or evaluate core assumptions and paradigms through which knowledge and/or values are acquired and assessed. | Writing sample does not identify and analyze or evaluate at any substantive level the core assumptions and/or the paradigms through which knowledge and/or values are acquired or assessed. | Writing sample somewhat identifies and analyzes or evaluates core assumptions and/or the paradigms through which knowledge and/or values are acquired or assessed. | Writing sample clearly identifies and analyzes, or evaluates core assumptions and paradigms through which knowledge and/or values are acquired or assessed. |
| Examine and analyze the ambiguities and tensions inherent in competing truth claims, fundamental beliefs, and/or cultural practices. | Writing sample does not include any evidence of examination and analysis of competing truth claims, fundamental beliefs, and/or cultural practices. | Writing sample includes some evidence of logical and insightful examination and analysis of competing truth claims, fundamental beliefs, and/or cultural practices. | Writing sample includes clear evidence of logical and insightful examination and analysis of competing truth claims, fundamental beliefs, and/or cultural practices. |
| Demonstrate greater self-knowledge and awareness of social responsibility through engaged self-reflection. | Writing sample fails to employ or engage any question that leads to deeper insights into our actions and ways of belonging in communities. | Writing sample includes some evidence of critical self-knowledge and awareness of social responsibility. | Writing sample includes significant evidence of critical self-knowledge and awareness of social responsibility. |
| Articulate and engage core questions that lead to examined insights into our actions and ways of belonging in communities. | Writing sample fails to employ or engage any question that leads to deeper insights into our actions and ways of belonging in communities. | Writing sample productively employs or engages at least one question that leads to deeper insights into our actions and ways of belonging in communities. | Writing sample shows strong evidence of productively and insightfully articulating or engaging at least one question that leads to deeper insights into our actions and ways of belonging in communities. |