Senior Assessment

Senior Assessment

Graduating Students

Congratulations on your achievements!

Before graduating, a senior assessment is required. Please see the instructions here which explain how to prepare and submit your senior portfolio.

You will soon see a new page appear in Canvas called the “English Department Senior Assessment.” You will submit your portfolio to this site. The Canvas page will include instructions for how to submit, a link to the required cover sheet, the deadline, and also a link to a survey about your experiences as an English major.

Please contact Phillip Haisley at pheasley@uccs.edu with questions or concerns.

Senior Assessment FAQs

I passed ENGL 3010. Do I have to submit a Senior Assessment?

Yes. Passing ENGL 3010 allows you to complete your junior-level campus writing portfolio general-education requirement (PORT 3000). The Senior Assessment is required to graduate with a degree in English in all emphases.

I transferred in many courses in my degree from other institutions. May I submit papers from those courses?

No. Papers must be from courses taken in the English Department at UCCS.

May I include papers written in courses offered by other UCCS Departments or Programs such as HUM, WEST, PHIL, HIST…?

No. Papers must be from courses taken in the English Department at UCCS.

My hard drive crashed and I am missing many papers.

Discuss with your faculty advisor in the English Department. In some cases, hard copies of papers may be scanned, even if those papers have markings. In other cases, you may need to write a note about the missing paper(s) on the table of contents.

I’m graduating in the following year or semester but feel ready to submit my assessment now. How can I do this without completing the senior audit?

Inform your faculty advisor in the English Department about your desire. If they think you’re ready to submit, please send your name to our Administrative Assistant, Ms. Rose Johnson, to receive the canvas link.

When are Senior Assessments due?

The deadline to submit your Senior Assessment appears in the Canvas page "English Department Senior Assessment."

I want to include a paper that is due on or before the deadline. What do I do?

Discuss with your faculty advisor in the English Department. It may be possible to submit a draft of the paper.

It is the week of final exams/graduation and I missed the deadline. Help! I need to graduate. May I submit the Senior Assessment?

The assessment is LATE. CONTACT your faculty advisor in the English Department and the chair of the English Department immediately. We will help you submit the Senior Assessment.

I never submitted my required Senior Assessment and now I do not have my diploma. Help!

Contact the chair of the English Department.