Student Learning Outcomes
What Does the Major Enable You to Do?
| STS SLOs | AI Ethics and Society Option SLOs |
|---|---|
| 1: Students employ scientific literacy. | 1: Students employ AI literacy. |
| 2: Students are proficient in skills in reasoning (including the explicit substantiation of claims with well informed reasons). | 2: Students are proficient in skills in reasoning (including the explicit substantiation of claims with well informed reasons). |
| 3: Students are proficient in skills in written and oral presentation (including the development of a well organized and clearly articulated line of reasoning). | 3: Students are proficient in skills in written and oral presentation (including the development of a well organized and clearly articulated line of reasoning). |
| 4: Students show developed ability to place changes in science and technology in historical context. | 4: Students show developed ability to place the development of artificial intelligence in historical context. |
| 5: Students show developed ability to place changes in science and technology in social and cultural context. | 5: Students show developed ability to place changes in artificial intelligence in social and cultural context. |
| 6: Students show developed ability to critically evaluate normative considerations relevant to science and technology. | 6: Students show developed ability to critically evaluate normative considerations relevant to artificial intelligence. |
| 7: Students are proficient in research skills applied to issues relating to science, technology, and society. | 7: Students are proficient in research skills applied to issues relating to artificial intelligence. |
What Student Learning Outcomes Are
Student learning outcomes (SLOs) are concise statements of what students should be able to do as a result of taking a particular class or program. The SLOs for STS apply to science and technology generally, and the SLOs for the AI Ethics and Society Option apply to artificial intelligence technology in particular--so for example, the first SLO for STS is scientific literacy, and the first SLO for AI Ethics and Society is AI literacy in particular.
Relating Student Learning Outcomes and the Curriculum
STS student learning outcomes with STS courses table (PDF)
AI Ethics and Society student learning outcomes with AI Ethics and Society courses table (PDF)