Institutional Learning Goals

Beginning in school, and continuing at successively higher levels across their college studies, students should prepare for twenty-first-century challenges by gaining proficiency in the following areas:

Learning Goal	Achieved Through	How Practiced
Knowledge of Human Cultures and the Physical World	Study in the sciences and mathematics, the social sciences, the humanities, the histories, the languages and the arts Participation in co-curricular programs and activities	By engagement with big questions, both contemporary and enduring
Intellectual and Practical Skills	Knowledge acquisition and application Inquiry and analysis Critical and creative thinking Written communication Quantitative literacy Information literacy	Across the curriculum and co-curriculum, in the context of progressively more challenging problems, projects and standards for performance
Personal and Social Responsibility	Civic engagement Intercultural knowledge and competence Ethical reasoning and action Humanitarianism	Through active involvement with diverse communities and real-world challenges
Understanding of Self	Intrapersonal development Interpersonal competence	Through perseverance toward the accomplishment of educational and personal goals
Integrative Learning	Synthesis and advanced accomplishment Across general and specialized studies Within co-curricular activities	Through the application of knowledge, skills, and responsibilities to new settings and complex problems

Adapted from the Association of American Colleges and Universities’ Liberal Education and America’s Promise (LEAP) Essential Learning Outcomes

For more information about Learning Outcomes feel free to speak with someone from the Dean of Student Affairs Office at 860-512-3200.

Institutional Learning Goals

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