Artifact 7

"Gnome Project" document

"Gnome Project "

MLA Portfolio Inclusion Form

Artifact Information (complete one form for each inclusion):

Program Outcomes

This artifact reflects the following area(s). Please check no more than two criteria per artifact.

OUTCOME 1: Critical thinking skills as evidenced by

This course was number _12______ in a sequence of ____15___ courses for program completion.

For example: This course was number 5 in a sequence of 12 courses for program completion.

Ability to distinguish between opinion and reason

Self-reflection on a deeper level than mere observation

Questioning and evaluation of primary assumptions

OUTCOME 2: Communication skills as evidenced by

OUTCOME 3: Application skills as evidenced by

Acquisition of knowledge

Ability to connect ideas among multiple courses and disciplines

Creativity and originality

Student Reflection & Course Assignment

The liberal arts teach integration of what one has learned with ones daily life. This artifact was the culmination of everything I learned in my classes on mythology, postmodernism and creativity. It is best to create an object from what techniques and vantages points we learn from study and the examples given in lecture, class and secondary study. I created a postmodern writing sample that blended anthropological writing and poetry in the description of a new gnome subspecies.

The outcomes from this artifact:

Organization skills

"Complete the Gnome exercise. Look at the attached assignment sheet. Complete the exercise and post the results."