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Overview
Faculty
Majors
Courses
Activities & Opportunities
Resources
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Portfolio
Requirements
- For English Majors
- For English Majors with Writing
Concentration
- For English with Teaching Concentration
Portfolio
Instructions
IMPORTANT - How To Save Your .pdf Changes
You must have
Adobe Acrobat (not Reader)
to save your changes to a .pdf file. To
download a free 30-day trial, click here or in Buswell
Library ask to use the computers with Adobe Acrobat. In Reader it will
allow you to make changes, but it WILL NOT SAVE
your changes.
Deadlines
All English
majors will submit a paper copy and an electronic copy of their portfolio
at the end of their senior seminar.
Your portfolio will be due as part of your senior seminar
requirements. Progress on
portfolios should be discussed with your advisers.
Electronic
Copies of Portfolios
Electronic
copies of the portfolio may be made in the Buswell Library Computer Lab.
All electronic copies must be burned
on a CD and will not be accepted in any other form. CD covers
should include your name and graduation month and year. Paper copies
should be in manilla folders.
Click Here for "How to Burn
Your Portfolio to a CD"
The Purpose
for Portfolios
- Your portfolios will help
to serve as a self-assessment tool for the department. We have a mission
statement and goals we hope to accomplish, but up to this point, we
haven't had clear ways to assess whether we are fulfilling these
goals. The portfolios will give us some detailed, tangible feedback.
- We also want the
portfolios to serve you. Often faculty in the
department get requests for recommendations from people who
graduated two, five, ten, or even twenty years ago. Effective
recommendations need to be specific and focused, and it can be
difficult to remember specifics as time passes. The portfolio will
serve as a partial record of your time as an English major and will
help us to write detailed recommendations for you in years to come.
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Requirements for English Majors
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General Portfolio Information
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What
Should I Include?
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Portfolio Cover Sheet (.pdf file)
Download this
checklist for detailed descriptions of what to include in the
portfolio. This should be the first page of all portfolios.
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When
is it Due?
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Portfolio Timeline (.pdf file)
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What
is the the Literary Exam?
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The departmental
exam will cover literary history (classical, British, American),
including dates and literary terms. All of the material tested is
covered in Lit 215, 216, and the American lit courses. Review lists
will be available in the department and on the website. (This test will
be given twice a year in the computer lab. Students must pass the test
by the end of their junior year.)
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How
should I submit my Portfolio?
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Copy all of the
required files to a CD. Print each file and submit a paper copy in the
order of the cover letter in the pre-printed folders. Turn in the
completed paper copy and CD to the English Department.
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Specific Forms to
Include with the Portfolio
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Checklist of Courses (.pdf file)
Download
checklist and update each semester.
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Cover Letter for 3
Required Papers (.pdf file)
Download and
complete self-assessment to include with papers.
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Extra Curricular Activities
Form (.pdf file)
Download and
turn in by February 1st of your senior year.
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Senior Seminar Questionnaire (.pdf file)
Complete with your
senior seminar class.
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Requirements for English Majors with Writing
Concentration
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General Portfolio Information
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What
Should I Include?
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Portfolio Cover Sheet (.pdf file)
Download this
checklist for detailed descriptions of what to include in the
portfolio. This should be the first page of all portfolios.
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When
is it Due?
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Portfolio Timeline (.pdf file)
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What
is the the Literary Exam?
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The departmental
exam will cover literary history (classical, British, American),
including dates and literary terms. All of the material tested is
covered in Lit 215, 216, and the American lit courses. Review lists
will be available in the department and on the website. (This test will
be given twice a year in the computer lab. Students must pass the test
by the end of their junior year.)
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How
should I submit my Portfolio?
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Copy all of the
required files to a CD. Print each file and submit a paper copy in the
order of the cover letter in the pre-printed folders. Turn in the
completed paper copy and CD to the English Department.
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Specific Forms to Include with the Portfolio
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Checklist of Courses
(.pdf file)
Download
checklist, update each semester and discuss with your advisor.
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Cover Letter for 3
Required Papers (.pdf file)
Download and complete
self-assessment to include with papers.
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Self-Assessment
for Final Project
Your self
assessment letter should address the following:
1) Briefly explain why you have chosen these essays, poems, stories or
other prose to represent your creative work.
2) The writing concentration emphasizes the interconnectedness of
literature and writing. How has your study of literature influenced the
selections included in your portfolio?
3) Describe how your faith informs your writing.
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Senior Seminar Questionnaire
Complete with your
senior seminar class.
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Extra Curricular Activities
Form (.pdf file)
Download and
turn in by February 1st of your senior year.
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Requirements for
English Secondary Education Majors
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General Portfolio Information
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What
Should I Include?
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Portfolio Cover Sheet (.pdf file)
Download this
checklist for detailed descriptions of what to include in the
portfolio. This should be the first page of all portfolios.
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When
is it Due?
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Portfolio Timeline (.pdf file)
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What
is the the Literary Exam?
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The departmental
exam will cover literary history (classical, British, American),
including dates and literary terms. All of the material tested is
covered in Lit 215, 216, and the American lit courses. Review lists
will be available in the department and on the website. (This test will
be given twice a year in the computer lab. Students must pass the test
by the end of their junior year.)
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How
should I submit my Portfolio?
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Copy all of the
required files to a CD. Print each file and submit a paper copy in the
order of the cover letter in the pre-printed folders. Turn in the
completed paper copy and CD to the English Department.
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Specific Forms to Include with the Portfolio
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Checklist of Courses
(.pdf file)
Download
checklist, update each semester and discuss with your advisor.
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Cover Letter for 3
Required Papers (.pdf file)
Download and
complete self-assessment to include with papers.
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Senior Seminar Questionnaire
Complete with your senior seminar class.
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Extra Curricular Activities
Form (.pdf file)
Download and
submit with portfolio.
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