Senior Assessment | Department of English

Graduating Students

Congratulations on your achievements!

Before graduating, all English graduates are required to submit their Senior Assessment. The Senior Assessment is due the Friday before finals week in the semester you graduate. However, you may begin the work on your portfolio at any time, and you may submit your assessment as much as one semester in advance of your graduation.

Please view the instructions here which explain how to prepare and submit your senior portfolio.

Each Fall semester, we invite all English majors to join the UCCS English Department Student Hub on Canvas. You can also join the hub yourself at any time by clicking this link. The Canvas page includes instructions for how to submit your portfolio and a link to both the assignments (a portfolio of your work and a brief survey).

All students will submit these two assignments through Canvas, but you must be added manually to the assignments. To be added to the assignments, email English Department Assessment Committee Chair, Dr. Phillip Haisley at phaisley@uccs.edu.

Please contact Phillip Haisley at phaisley@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.

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 Dr. Phillip Haisley and your faculty advisor in the English Department and the chair of the English Department immediately. We will help you submit the Senior Assessment.

I don't see the assignments for my semester in Canvas. What do I do?

Each student must be added to the assignments manually because we don't know when you plan to graduate! Please email Phillip Haisley at phaisley@uccs.edu to be added to the assignments. You can be added to the assignments to submit up to one semester in advance of your due date. For instance, if you plan to graduate in Spring 2028, you can any time between August 2027 and the Friday before finals week in May 2028.