Essential Student Learning Goals

Experiential Learning- through involvement in multiple forms of experiential education both inside and outside the classroom.

Knowledge of Human Cultures and the Physical and Natural World- through study in the sciences and mathematics, social sciences, humanities, histories, languages, and the arts.

Intellectual and Practical Skills- through inquiry and analysis, critical creative thinking, written and oral communication, quantitative literacy, information literacy, teamwork and problem solving.

Personal and Social Responsibility- through local and global civic knowledge and engagement, intercultural knowledge and competence, ethical reasoning and action, foundations and skills for lifelong learning.

Integrated Learning-through synthesis and advanced accomplishment across generalized and specialized studies.

Based on essential learning outcomes identified by the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U).