English Portfolio

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• Portfolio Cover Sheets
• Portfolio Frequently Asked Questions
• Portfolio Guidelines
• Sample Reflective Essays

Prepare Early

English majors are advised to begin keeping a portfolio of work produced from their required courses and electives as soon as you have identified yourself as an English major -preferably in your sophomore year.

To prepare, keep an ungraded copy of all major assignments in your English courses, lower and upper division, as well as your upper division interdisciplinary GE courses. It is also generally a good idea to keep graded copies; provide your professors with a self-addressed stamped envelope or make arrangements to pick up your work so that you can ensure you receive final projects/papers back at the end of each semester.

Information sessions are offered once a semester and advertised on the events page; if you cannot make an information session or you miss it, you can still obtain all of the information you need from this website.

Timing

The portfolio will be reviewed by the Capstone professor as a prerequisite to admission into Capstone toward the end of the semester before you plan to graduate (see Important Dates and Deadlines ).

Currently, we have two Capstone courses: English: Literature and Writing (contact Professor Joan Peters ) and one for English Education (contact Professor Mary Adler). Instructors may vary by semester, and more than one section may be offered.

You should submit your portfolio to Carmen Delgado in the English office. She will forward your portfolio to the appropriate instructor, who will review it for minimum Capstone entry requirements. Then she/he will forward your portfolio to a committee of English faculty members for program evaluation. Prior to the end of the semester, you will be contacted by the instructor with a permission number to enroll in the class, or feedback to revise if necessary prior to admission.

Contents

For information about what to include in your portfolio, check out the Frequently Asked Questions and review the appropriate assessment guidelines, below.

Assessment

The program uses the Portfolio Assessment Guidelines. Students wishing to enter Capstone must meet the preconditions and evaluation criteria for entry into Capstone. Please familiarize yourself with these criteria.

You are asked to include a Portfolio Cover Sheet for each of the five papers.

At the end of the Capstone, when all course requirements have been fulfilled for the major, there will be a review of the final portfolio.

English majors are advised to begin keeping a portfolio of work produced from their required courses and electives as soon as you have identified yourself as an English major -preferably in your sophomore year.

To prepare, keep an ungraded copy of all major assignments in your English courses, lower and upper division, as well as your upper division interdisciplinary GE courses. Back up your computer files on a regular basis and keep them in a safe place. It is also generally a good idea, for yourself, to keep graded copies; provide your professors with a self-addressed stamped envelope or make arrangements to pick up your work so that you can ensure you receive final projects/papers back at the end of each semester.