GE Program Learning Outcomes

The following Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs) constitute the educational objectives of General Education and were last approved by the GE Governance Board on May 9, 2014:

 

PLO #1: Construct and critique arguments from a logical perspective.

PLO #2: Use appropriate rhetorical strategies to connect with diverse audiences through oral, written, and visual modes of communication.

PLO #3: Address real world problems by demonstrating broad disciplinary knowledge, skills, and values in arts, humanities, sciences, and technology. 

PLO #4: Understand the value of a general education in relation to a major course of study.

PLO #5: Collaborate with people of different backgrounds, values, and experience.

PLO #6: Evaluate global and local issues and their impact on society.

PLO #7: Use intention and reflection to develop and improve one’s own learning.

 

For more information, click here to view a curriculum map of the GE PLOs to the University Learning Outcomes, as well as a draft assessment plan from 2014 (pdf).