Departmental Goals for Student Learning Outcomes
Assessment for Oral and Written Communication
Assignments will teach the following skills:
1. critical thinking
2. reflection
3. organization
4. analysis
5. interpretation
6. evaluation
WRITING ASSESSMENT
Freshman Year
Dan 107 – Introduction to Dance
- Students will work with librarians and dance faculty to learn how to
write reviews.
- Students will write a review of a videotaped dance performance.
- Students will write a review of one work observed from a live dance concert.
Sophomore Year
Dan 210 – Ballet, Past and Present
- Students will write a review of a videotaped ballet performance. (Paris
Opera Dances Diaghilev, containing four ballets, has been used in the past.)
ORAL COMMUNICATION ASSESSMENT
Freshman Year
Dan 107 – Introduction to Dance
- Students will work with dance faculty and the Pearce Communication Center
on preparing and presenting a 20-25 minute group oral presentation
Dan 210 – Ballet, Past and Present
- Students will make a 30-minute presentation, which includes the following
components: a written report, an oral presentation, and choreography.
