General Education Core Competencies:
In support of the mission, the cohesiveness and coherence of the General Education curriculum revolves around the following core goals and objectives that students will realize within their courses to accomplish these goals.

Students will:

Develop critical thinking and analytical skills
• Analyze and evaluate theoretical assumptions using evidence-based methods
• Develop and apply inductive and deductive reasoning

Develop research and information literacy skills
• Locate and evaluate source material for use in support of ideas
• Learn to synthesize ideas from diverse resources and properly cite secondary works

Develop reading and writing literacy
• Demonstrate the ability to write essays that organized, detailed, substantial and marked by critical thinking
• Develop the ability to write advanced, grammatical English
• Shape the written word with a sense of audience and purpose
• Demonstrate an understanding of the artistic use of language and be conversant in various forms of literature

Develop listening/oral presentation skills
• Develop and refine active listening skills
• Establish skills necessary to effectively communicate with consideration toward message and audience.

Develop group collaboration skills
• Participate in dynamic collaboration that fosters peer learning and facilitation
• Identify and contribute to functional and effective group activity

Develop quantitative reasoning skills
• Develop higher order logical thinking skills.
• Formulate real-world problems and applications mathematically.
• Utilize a calculator and/or computer appropriately to solve mathematical problems.

Develop scientific literacy
• Foster interest in scientific inquiry
• Develop mathematical and scientific literacy and numeracy.
• Recognize the relevance of scientific ideas and principles.

Develop personal and civic ethics
• Appreciate the ethical questions that confront all humans beings
• Engage in self reflection toward civic responsibility

Develop an appreciation for human behavior
• Understand and appreciate human behavior from individual and societal perspectives
• Contemplate and examine individual and societal forces that influence humans

Develop global understanding and sensitivity
• Enhance understanding of the influence of global connectivity in contemporary society
• Develop an awareness and sensitivity toward cross cultural norms, differences, values and experience as well as the relevance toward self