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Student Learning Outcomes

There are three categories of student learning outcomes related to personal and social responsibility: (1) Ethical and Moral Reasoning, (2) Engaging Diverse Perspectives, and (3) Community Engagement and Collaboration. Each category contains two specific outcomes, as outlined below.

Ethical and Moral Reasoning (ER)

  1. Students take responsibility for their own learning and development, acting ethically to achieve personal growth.
  2. Students examine the views and values that influence their own decision-making processes.

Engaging Diverse Perspectives (EP)

  1. Students gather, analyze, and thoughtfully use evidence and multiple perspectives to support their own ideas.
  2. Students recognize the extent to which cultural standards, institutional practices, and values oppress, marginalize, alienate, or create/enhance privilege and power.

Community Engagement and Collaboration (CEC)

  1. Students apply and explore the impact of the concepts, theories, and skills learned in class on issues affecting local and global communities.
  2. Students take informed and responsible action, working collaboratively with others through a social justice framework, to address issues faced by the community.

Courses designated as “PSR” include general education, elective, and major-area courses. Service-learning courses are also designated as “PSR” courses (see Center for Community Service Initiatives section of the Catalog).