Institutional Learning Outcomes

Revised and Approved June 2019

There are five broad categories of undergraduate and graduate Institutional Learning Outcomes. These are the learning goals that all students will achieve through general education, the curricula, and/or the co-curricula.

Mission

Institutional Learning Outcomes

General Education Learning Outcomes

Prepare students for intellectual, social, and career challenges.

A. Communicate Effectively

Students will demonstrate the ability to communicate clearly and effectively.

1. Communicate clearly and effectively orally and in writing.

Prepare students for intellectual and career challenges.

B. Think Critically and Creatively

Students will demonstrate the ability to effectively access, evaluate, and interpret information; adapt to changing situations; and, use creative and novel ideas and solutions to better solve problems and make complex decisions.

2. Apply scientific and quantitative reasoning to solve problems and increase knowledge.

3. Apply skills in critical analysis and reasoning for the interpretation of data.

4. Engage critically with creative or artistic works.

5. Demonstrate the ability to retrieve, interpret, evaluate, and use information.

Prepare students for ethical and social challenges.

C. Value Diversity

Students will demonstrate an understanding and ability to live and work within diverse communities.

6. Analyze the role of values, ethics, diversity, and multiple perspectives in local and global society.

Prepare students for intellectual challenges.

D. Acquire Knowledge

Students will demonstrate a depth and breadth of knowledge.

5. Demonstrate the ability to retrieve, interpret, evaluate, and use information.

8. Explore concepts, ideas, and methods from a variety of disciplines.

Prepare students for ethical, social, and career challenges.

E. Practice Social and Professional Integrity

Students will demonstrate the ability to act ethically and with empathy, honesty, and responsibility.

6. Analyze the role of values, ethics, diversity, and multiple perspectives in local and global society.

7. Demonstrate an understanding of various models for the development of the whole person.