Essential Learning Outcomes

Engaged, Integrated, and Applied Learning

A student will engage in discipline-appropriate experiences with the academic and broader community through integrated and applied learning.

Intellectual and Practical Skills Foundation

A student will acquire a foundation of intellectual and practical skills including communication, quantitative reasoning, qualitative reasoning (critical, analytical, and creative thinking), and technical and information literacies.

People of Integrity

A student will become personally and socially responsible by acquiring, developing, and demonstrating skills in ethical reasoning and understanding.

Professional Competency
A student will demonstrate professional competence by meeting the established standards of the discipline, working as a valued member of a team, effectively formulating and solving problems, and actively seeking and honing lifelong learning skills.

Stewards of Place
A student will demonstrate stewardship of local and global communities by cultivating awareness of: interdependence among those communities; issues within those communities; and organizations and skills that address such issues.

Knowledge Foundation

[Refers to the specific classes required for General Education by the State Legislature. All classes must include this outcome.]
A student will demonstrate knowledge of human cultures and the physical and natural world in the following areas of essential study: arts, history, humanities, languages, science and mathematics, social sciences.
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