Goals and Student Learning Outcomes
Goals
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To develop critical thinking, sound reasoning, and logical communication.
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To enhance literacy in writing, reading, speaking, and listening.
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To encourage mathematical organization and skills.
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To foster respect and understanding of science and scientific inquiry.
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To provide a historical awareness.
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To encourage continuing respect for the other peoples and cultures.
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To provide attentiveness to one’s own values and to those of others.
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To develop a consciousness and appreciation of the arts.
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Student Learning Outcomes
- Demonstrate higher order critical thinking and sound reasoning skills.
- Demonstrate the ability to use sufficient and logical support in written communication.
- Demonstrate effective writing skills.
- Ascertain and seek knowledge through reading.
- Demonstrate auditory and professional communication.
- Interpret mathematical formulas and graph as and draw inferences from them
- Represent mathematical information symbolically, visually and numerically.
- Use arithmetical, algebraic and geometric methods to solve problems.
- Articulate an understanding of the scientific method.
- Demonstrate knowledge of historical facts, themes and ideas.
- Articulate and evaluate historical interactions of societies in terms of multiple cultural viewpoints.
- Demonstrate an appreciation of their cultural heritage and how that has shaped their attitudes and opinions.
- Recognize and appreciate cultural diversity and alternative perspectives.
- Articulate a coherent ethical framework from which they make decisions.
- Recognize the importance of accountability, integrity and responsibility.
- Identify ways people in various times and cultures respond to the impulse to create or perform visual art and music.
- Analyze how the principle elements of the visual or performing art are organized into a composition.