Goals
- To develop critical thinking and sound reasoning.
- To enhance literacy in writing, reading, speaking, and listening.
- To encourage mathematical organization and skills.
- To foster respect and understanding of science and scientific inquiry.
- To provide a historical awareness.
- To encourage continuing respect for other peoples and cultures.
- To provide attentiveness to one’s own values and to those of others.
- To develop a consciousness and appreciation of the arts.
- To promote lifelong scholarship.
Student Learning Outcomes
1. Critical Thinking and Sound Reasoning
1.1 Demonstration of Critical Thinking and Sound Reasoning
2. Literacy in Writing, Reading, Speaking, and Listening
2.1 Writing
2.1.1 Develop essays with sufficient and logical support
2.1.2 Develop clearly organized essays, designed with readers‘ needs in mind
2.1.3 Write with clarity and grammatical competence and use conventional punctuation and spelling
2.1.4 Write with a degree of rhetorical sophistication, consistently achieving a clear purpose
2.1.5 Express that coursework in composition has prepared them to write effectively (objective not SLO)
2.2 Reading, Speaking, and Listening
2.2.1 Demonstration of ability to ascertain and seek knowledge through reading
2.2.2 Demonstration of the ability to speak as well-educated, literate professionals
2.2.3 Demonstration of comprehension and professionalism in auditory communication
3. Mathematical Organization and Skills
3.1 Interpret mathematical formulas and graphs and draw inferences from them
3.2 Represent mathematical information symbolically, visually, and numerically
3.3 Use arithmetical, algebraic, and geometric methods to solve problems
3.4 Estimate and check answers to mathematical problems to determine reasonableness
4. Respect and Understanding of Science and Scientific Inquiry
4.1 Demonstrate literacy in communicating about scientific topics
4.2 Articulate an understanding of the Scientific Process
4.3 Able to analyze scientific data, interpret results, and evaluate ethical implications
5. Historical Awareness
5.1 Demonstrate knowledge of historical facts, themes, and ideas
5.2 Demonstrate the ability to effectively communicate historical knowledge and reasoning in writing
5.3 Articulate to illustrate contacts among societies in terms of interactions, benefits/costs
6. Respect for other people and cultures
6.1 Perceive any given event from more than one cultural viewpoint
6.2 Gain an appreciation of their cultural heritage and how that has shaped their attitudes and opinions
6.3 Recognize and celebrate cultural diversity
7. Attentiveness to one’s own values and those of others
7.1 Articulate a coherent ethical framework from which they made decisions
7.2 Actively cultivate an appreciation for diversity and alternative perspectives
7.3 Recognize the importance of accountability, integrity, and willingness to accept responsibility
8. Consciousness and appreciation of the arts
8.1 Describe how art/music is influenced/expressed by the time/culture of their creation
8.2 Analyze the principal elements found in the visual arts and/or the musical arts
8.3 Formally analyze selected works of art and/or music according to principles discussed
9. Life Long Scholarship
9.1 Demonstration of continual pursuit of knowledge and cognitive enrichment