General Education Learning Outcomes
General Education Learning Outcomes
DRAFT
Students will be able to:
Students will be able to:
Students will be able to:
Students will be able to:
Students will be able to apply three or more basic disciplinary perspectives and methods of inquiry to real and theoretical problems or situations in one or more of the following domains:
1. Describe three or more perspectives and/or methods of inquiry as they relate to real and theoretical problems or situations (Knowledge)
2. Summarize and differentiate three or more perspectives and/or methods of inquiry as they relate to real and theoretical problems or situations (Comprehension)
3. Interpret and apply three or more perspectives and/or methods of inquiry as they relate to real and theoretical problems or situations (Application)
4. Compare and contrast three or more perspectives and/or methods of inquiry as they relate to real and theoretical problems or situations (Analysis)
5. Construct an integrated approach from three or more perspectives and/or methods of inquiry as they relate to real and theoretical problems or situations (Synthesis)
6. Critique and defend their integrated approach of three or more perspectives and/or methods of inquiry as they relate to real and theoretical problems or situations (Evaluation)
DRAFT
Learning Skills
Students will be able to:
- Navigate the university environment by identifying and utilizing the university’s resources available to support their academic and personal success.
- articulate the goals of university’s General Education curriculum and describe how it relates to their discipline specific education.
- demonstrate competency in information literacy utilizing library resources including, but not limited to, technological skills.
Communication Skills
Students will be able to:
- express and substantiate their knowledge, thoughts, emotions and opinions in a variety of written formats.
- identify factors that impede or facilitate oral communication (speaking and listening) and utilize this knowledge to engage in respectful discourse.
- articulate the role of visual communication in human experience.
Critical and Creative Thinking
Students will be able to:
- distinguish among facts, inferences, opinions, and the assertion of values.
- explain what constitutes plagiarism and demonstrate this knowledge by referencing the work of others appropriately.
- recognize alternative approaches and conflicting viewpoints.
- evaluate the use of evidence and quality of arguments.
Engaged Citizenship
Students will be able to:
- articulate and examine personal and societal ethical issues, values, and responsibilities.
- demonstrate awareness of and receptivity to evolving global issues by evaluating how their own cultural contexts influence the ways in which they perceive others.
- examine a community-based problem or opportunity from multiple perspectives in order to develop a potential action plan that addresses the problem.
Disciplinary Perspectives and the Interconnectedness of Knowledge
Students will be able to apply three or more basic disciplinary perspectives and methods of inquiry to real and theoretical problems or situations in one or more of the following domains:
- Humanities, Culture, Society
- Economics, Finance & Quantitative Reasoning
- Health & Well-Being
- Science & Technology
In their exploration of three or more perspectives, students will be able to demonstrate cognitive stages of: knowledge, comprehension. application, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation. Specifically, students will be able to
1. Describe three or more perspectives and/or methods of inquiry as they relate to real and theoretical problems or situations (Knowledge)
2. Summarize and differentiate three or more perspectives and/or methods of inquiry as they relate to real and theoretical problems or situations (Comprehension)
3. Interpret and apply three or more perspectives and/or methods of inquiry as they relate to real and theoretical problems or situations (Application)
4. Compare and contrast three or more perspectives and/or methods of inquiry as they relate to real and theoretical problems or situations (Analysis)
5. Construct an integrated approach from three or more perspectives and/or methods of inquiry as they relate to real and theoretical problems or situations (Synthesis)
6. Critique and defend their integrated approach of three or more perspectives and/or methods of inquiry as they relate to real and theoretical problems or situations (Evaluation)