Youngstown
State University
GENERAL EDUCATION LEARNING OUTCOMES
Preface
The
purpose of the general education requirements
is to foster:
- Qualities such as curiosity, intellectual
honesty, fairness, civility, and an openness to ideas and the sharing
of
knowledge,
- Thinking that is critical, independent, and
objective,
- Integration of knowledge across disciplines,
- The ability to function effectively in a
technological society,
- Understanding of the importance of studying
the past and present,
- Appreciation of literature and the arts as
expressions of human culture,
- Recognition of the importance of acting as
informed, responsible, democratically-minded citizens and members of
the
global community,
- And an attitude that learning is a personal
and a collaborative process exercised over a lifetime.
Learning Outcomes
Students will demonstrate the ability to:
1: Write and speak effectively.
2: Acquire, process and present quantitative and
qualitative information using the most appropriate technologies.
3: Reason
critically, to distinguish among forms of argumentation, and to derive
justified conclusions.
Students will
demonstrate an understanding of:
4. : The importance of
ethical reflection and moral reasoning.
5: The use mathematics for problem‑solving and
decision‑making.
6: The scientific method.
7: The interrelationships among science,
technology, and society.
8: Artistic expression in multiple forms and
contexts.
9: The
relationships between physical, mental,
and emotional well‑being and the quality of life of the individual, the family,
and the community.
10:
The development
of cultures and organizations of human societies throughout the world
and their
changing interrelationships with Western
Society.
11: The
organization of and theories behind legal, governmental, and social
systems as well as economic markets.
12: Diversity in
America in all of its forms.
13: The natural
environment and the processes that shape it.
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