Assessment Rubrics for Buying or Dying?

Media, Consumption and the Making of Self (FCVM1400)

Field Trip 1: Reflective Diary (15%)

CILO(s) to be attained:
CILO 1- Students will describe major philosophical frameworks and apply them to issues related to media and consumption;
CILO 2 - Students will analyze how media and consumption define their identities and meaning of life;
CILO 3 - Students will also examine different ways of self-definition rather than through media consumption and materialistic possessions.

Capstone Milestone Benchmark

(A to A-) (B+ to B) (B- to C+) (C or below)

Application of theoretical - Comprehensive and - Mostly accurate - Some mistakes in describing - Erroneous descriptions
frameworks accurate description of description of various the reasoning and theoretical about the reasoning and
various reasoning and reasoning and theoretical frameworks. theoretical frameworks.
theoretical frameworks. frameworks.
- Some mistakes in the - Inaccurate application of
- Very accurate and - Mostly accurate and application of theories, which most theories, which reflects
appropriate application of appropriate application of reflect students’ weak / students’ poor
theories, which reflects theories, which reflects insufficient understanding of understanding of the
students’ thorough students’ sufficient the theories. theories.
understanding of the understanding of the
theories. theories. - Irrelevant, illogical and
unreasonable ideas
presented throughout the
diary.

1
Analysis and critical - Very detailed analysis of
thinking how media and
consumption define their
identities / how they define
their own identities and
their meaning of life.
- Very strong sense of self-
realization.
Language and Ideas are presented very
presentation proficiently, professionally
and accurately in English
with excellent command of
language.
- Good analysis of how
media and consumption
define their identities / how
they define their own
identities and meaning of
life.
- Very good sense of self-
realization.
Good English presentation in
most ideas, though there
may be errors in grammar,
use of vocabulary and
structures in some
sentences.
- General analysis of how
media and consumption
define their identities / how
they define their own
identities and meaning of life.
- General sense of self-
realization.
Generally accurate
presentation, but some errors
in grammar, use of vocabulary
and sentence structures do
impede readers’
understanding.
- Weak analysis of how
media and consumption
define their identities
- Weak ability to define their
own identities and meaning
of life.
- Weak sense of self-
realization.
Weak presentation in
English – lots of
grammatical, vocabulary and
structural mistakes in English
which seriously impede
readers’ understanding.