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Statements of General Education Learning Outcome Objectives

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Identify -
Students will be able to:
Identify basic concepts, theories, and developments in literature and the fine arts.
Identify basic concepts, theories, and developments in humanistic inquiry.
Identify basic concepts, theories, and developments in the natural sciences.
Identify basic concepts, theories, and developments in the social sciences.

Recognize -
Students will be able to:
Recognize aesthetic and literary elements and forms in relevant academic and nonacademic settings.
Recognize humanistic issues in relevant academic and nonacademic settings.
Recognize natural science issues in relevant academic and nonacademic settings.
Recognize social science issues in relevant academic and nonacademic settings.

Ask -
Students will be able to:
Ask questions appropriate to the modes of inquiry in the fine arts and literature in
relevant academic and nonacademic contexts.
Ask questions appropriate to the modes of inquiry in Letters disciplines in relevant
academic and nonacademic contexts.
Ask questions appropriate to the modes of inquiry in the natural sciences in relevant
academic and nonacademic contexts.
Ask questions appropriate to the modes of inquiry in the social sciences in relevant
academic and nonacademic contexts.

Collect -
Students will be able to:
Collect information relevant to the questions raised in the fine arts and literature.
Collect information relevant to the questions raised in the Letters disciplines.
Collect information relevant to the questions raised in the natural sciences.
Collect information relevant to the questions raised in the social sciences.

Analyze -
Students will be able to:
Analyze information to address questions or solve problems in the fine arts and literature.
Analyze information to address questions or solve problems in the Letters disciplines.
Analyze information to address questions or solve problems in the natural sciences.
Analyze information to address questions or solve problems in the social sciences.

 
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