Liberal Arts
Liberal Arts Senior Project
All students seeking a Liberal Arts degree are required to prepare and submit a Senior Project—a culminating work or project which represents a collection of work from the students four years at university. The requirements for each concentration differ, with English najors submitting a [ ], English Education majors submitting a teaching portfolio, and Liberal Arts majors submitting a [ ]. The requirements for each are described below.
It's important to remember that the senior project represents the growth of the student throughout the program and should represent this fact by presenting work which has been completed, refined, polished.. [etc.], throughout the student's undergraduate career. [could be more language about what it really is and how it's important to begin work early on, etc.]. You should meet early in your undergraduate career to discuss the portfolio with your advisor.
[Note: Jean and Chuck, these paragraphs should be no more than 8-10 sentences and give an overview and then link to a handout which is multi-sectioned ---the thing that neely started and needs to be turned into directions for completion of the portfolio--- and can be printed out and followed to complete the portfolios. The page is a portal to the information and if we include all the how to on each, it'll be like 15 pages long. Needs to be modular. This is the intro and points them to the handout. The handout is the "prompt" and for who to contact for help on it, etc. ]
English
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English Education Portfolio
English Education majors are required to submit a teaching portfolio, both to the Humanities Department and to the Department of Education. Your portfolio will serve both as an application for student teaching and, later, as an application for Michigan Tech certification. The Department of Education defines a portfolio as "a multidimensional collection of educational work and life experiences." A portfolio should provide evidence of satisfactory professional progress. Although Michigan Tech’s Department of Education requires a hard-copy portfolio, you may also prepare a web-based or CD-based portfolio to demonstrate your computer skills. Make sure to talk to your advisor about your own portfolio and how best to tailor it to your needs and to the requirements of Michigan Tech’s Department of Education. The Department of Education’s minimal requirements for your portfolio are described on a handout available from Academic Office Building, Rm. 204. The following sections will help you think about how to prepare your portfolio. [ we should get a link to that handout and put it here.] In addition to the required elements listed on the Department of Education handout, your portfolio should include any work you have done which demonstrates evidence of "satisfactory professional progress." For samples of successful student portfolios sybmitted to the Department of Education, go to the Academic Office Building, Rm. 204. Among the things you might include in a teaching portfolio are the following items:
Liberal Arts
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