DRAFT COPY

(Revised 2/22/06)

General Education

The general education curriculum ensures that students will:

Goal 1: Acquire proficiency in core skills necessary for academic success.

   Outcomes:

1. Demonstrate effective communication skills in writing.
2. Demonstrate effective communication skills in speaking and listening.
3. Demonstrate effective skills in quantitative and mathematical reasoning.
4. Demonstrate effective skills in information technology.
5. Demonstrate effective skills in reading comprehension in various contexts.

Goal 2: Think critically.

   Outcomes:

1. Identify and define an issue, an idea, or a problem.
2. Gather, analyze, and evaluate relevant and reliable information from diverse perspectives.
3. Formulate and support a well-reasoned argument, perspective, or conclusion.
4. Reflect on the process used to arrive at one's position. 

Goal 3: Acquire knowledge of a wide range of academic disciplines.

   Outcomes:

1. Demonstrate knowledge of concepts and principles of the various academic disciplines.
2. Use models of inquiry pertinent to various academic disciplines. 

Goal 4: Make interdisciplinary connections.

   Outcomes:

1. Explore and compare complex ideas from multiple disciplines.
2. Apply knowledge from the perspectives of multiple disciplines.

Goal 5: Understand similarities and differences among the world's cultures, past and present.

  Outcomes:

1. Critically examine the characteristics of one's own culture and other cultures.
2. Critically examine how one's own culture and other cultures shape one's attitudes and opinions.
3. Demonstrate tolerance and respect towards people of diverse cultures.

Goal 6: Acquire the foundations necessary for lifelong learning and informed citizenship.

  Outcomes:

1. Demonstrate intellectual curiosity about a variety of subjects.
2. Demonstrate the ability to learn in a variety of ways.
3. Demonstrate the ability to gather, analyze, and use information to make decisions that promote personal and social well-being.
4. Demonstrate awareness of operations of civic and societal institutions.
5. Identify issues that inform and affect civic and societal institutions.

Last Updated April 17, 2007