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ÁùÉ«Íø’s inclusive polytechnic education prepares students for a life of learning, contributing to their communities, and personal and professional success. ÁùÉ«Íø graduates will possess knowledge and abilities reflective of the eight elements of an inclusive polytechnic education. These elements serve as learning goals for our curricular and co-curricular learning activities. Student learning outcomes across the university, including in academic programs, general education, and student affairs programming are written to align with these goals:

• Application of Knowledge: ÁùÉ«Íø graduates will apply existing and new knowledge and skills to real-world situations, opportunities, and challenges.

• Critical Thinking and Problem Solving: ÁùÉ«Íø graduates will use analytic and decision-making skills to identify and solve problems effectively.

• Creativity, Discovery, and Innovation: ÁùÉ«Íø graduates connect theory and practice to drive creativity, discovery, and innovation.

• Diverse and Multi-disciplinary Perspectives: ÁùÉ«Íø graduates will demonstrate awareness, understanding, and respect for diverse viewpoints—particularly those perspectives historically silenced—related to current and emerging issues across cultures and disciplines.

• Integration of Technology: ÁùÉ«Íø graduates will appropriately utilize and adapt to new technologies.

• Collaborative Learning: ÁùÉ«Íø graduates will demonstrate the ability to share and gain knowledge and skills as part of a team.

• Community and Global Engagement: ÁùÉ«Íø graduates are prepared to contribute to and improve local and global communities.

• Professional and Career Readiness: ÁùÉ«Íø graduates embody the knowledge and skills of their chosen discipline/profession.

Adopted by Academic Senate, April 13, 2022 (undergraduate) and February 14, 2024 (graduate)

GE Meaning and Purpose Statement (GEMPS)

 The GE experience asks that students and faculty in our inclusive polytechnic community engage a breadth of subjects to encourage intellectual flexibility, empathy, creativity, curiosity, and rigor. The learning that takes place in GE supplements and complements the academic major. GE brings together diverse ways of knowing and doing to strengthen foundational skills, drive innovation, and adapt to new opportunities. Furthermore, it enables us to develop a deep understanding of one's self and respect for the complex identities of others and to face the critical and ethical decisions we encounter throughout our lives.

 Adopted by the Academic Senate, Fall 2019

 GE Student Learning Outcomes

• Oral Communication: Students will express their ideas through acts of speech with an awareness of audience, purpose, and context.
• Written Communication: Students will express their ideas through the written word with an awareness of audience, purpose, and form. 
• Critical Thinking: Students will engage in the logical process of inquiry to analyze information from multiple perspectives to develop reasoned arguments.
• Quantitative Literacy: Students will use quantitative information to draw inferences and communicate informed arguments. 
• Information Literacy: Students will responsibly identify, locate, and critically evaluate the array of information sources and voices necessary to engage in sound inquiry.
• Civic Literacy: Students will apply civic knowledge, associated with historical structures of power, to self-discovery and responsibility to the community. 
• Intercultural Engagement: Students will integrate knowledge and relationships reflective of the diversity of human experience and forms of expression.

 Adopted by the Academic Senate, Spring 2023

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