GENERAL EDUCATION
STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES

For Academic and Vocational Degree Programs

1) Critical Thinking

• Analyze and solve complex problems across a range of academic and everyday contexts
• Construct sound arguments and evaluate arguments of others
• Consider and evaluate rival hypotheses
• Recognize and assess evidence from a variety of sources
• Generalize appropriately from specific cases
• Integrate knowledge across a range of contexts
• Identify one's own and others' assumptions, biases, and their consequences

2) Information Skills

• Demonstrate computer literacy
• Locate, evaluate, and use information effectively

3) Communication Skills

• Write with precision and clarity to express complex thought
  
• Read college-level materials with understanding and insight
  
• Listen thoughtfully and respectfully to the ideas of others
  
• Speak with precision and clarity to express complex thought

4) Breadth of Knowledge

• Understand the basic content and modes of inquiry of the major knowledge fields
  
• Analyze experimental results and draw reasonable conclusions from them
  
• Use the symbols and vocabulary of mathematics to solve problems and communicate results
  
• Respond to and evaluate artistic expression

5) Application of Knowledge

• Maintain and transfer academic and technical skills to workplace
  
• Be life-long learners, with ability to acquire and employ new knowledge
  
• Set goals and devise strategies for personal and professional development and well being

6) Global Awareness

• Demonstrate appreciation for civic responsibility and ethical behavior
  
• Participate in constructive social interaction
  
• Demonstrate teamwork skills
  
• Demonstrate understanding of ethnic, religious, and socioeconomic diversity
  
• Demonstrate understanding of alternative political, historical, and cultural viewpoints

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