Gen Ed: Goals

Knowledge of the World: Students will examine the development of human knowledge by exploring issues experienced across time, location, and culture.

Critical Thinking: Students will be able to think abstractly, logically, and creatively. They will pursue critical, analytical, and aesthetic inquiry across disciplines to research and integrate information, solve problems, and make informed decisions.

Communication: Students will be able to communicate effectively in various ways such as writing, speaking, listening, quantitative expression, performance, and other visual means. They will collaborate with others in group work. They will use appropriate technology to enhance their ability to communicate in academic, career, and personal contexts.

Human Diversity: Students will respond effectively in both personal and professional situations to people from diverse backgrounds. They will gain an understanding of how factors such as culture, ethnicity, class, race, gender, religion, age, national origin, disability, and sexual orientation affect the human experience.

Ethical Issues & Responsibilities: Students will examine and critically evaluate their own value systems as well as the value systems of others in order to facilitate substantive decision making based upon reasoned moral considerations.

Attitudes for Success: Students will be encouraged to strengthen personal qualities and attitudes acknowledged to be necessary for a full and successful life, such as, curiosity, passion, cooperation, imagination, commitment, self confidence, and compassion.