Essential Characteristics and Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs)

These or organized into five categories (e.g., Fundamental Literacies), each of which is divided into smaller components (e.g., Writing).

Category: Fundamental Literacies

Components:

• Writing
• Oral Communication
• Quantitative Reasoning
• Critical Thinking

Category: Common Core

Components:

• Art, Aesthetics, and Creativity
• Human Behavior and Social Institutions
• Literary and Intellectual Traditions
• The Natural World

Category: Contemporary Social Values

Components:

• Global Cultures
• Diversity in United States Society

Category: Extended Literacies

Components:

• Computer Literacy
• Visual Literacy
• Health and Wellness
• Financial Literacy

Category: Additional Requirements

Components:

• First Year Seminar (FYS)
• Information Literacy