Essential Learning Outcomes

Integrative, and Applied Learning

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

Note: All general education classes must include a knowledge foundation outcome that aligns
with state requirements.


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