Cardinal Core Curriculum Learning Outcomes

Courses in this area encourage students to reflect on their roles within a diverse society through exploration of the multiple ways we reason, engage with, document, and creatively represent or express the range of human experience.

Knowledge

• The Arts
     or
• Humanities
    

Skill

• Critical Thinking and Reasoning  

Perspective

• Individual Development and Responsibility
    

Courses in this area explore the scientific concepts, models, and methods necessary to study natural phenomena that affect the global community.

Knowledge

• Natural Sciences
    

Skill​

• Discovery and Inquiry
     

Perspective

• Global Awareness and Responsibility
    or
• Individual Development and Responsibility
    or
• Social Justice and Responsibility
    

Courses in this area develop and utilize quantitative skills to address practical problems in order to better understand the world.

Knowledge

• Mathematics
    

Skill

• Quantitative Reasoning
    

Perspective

• Global Awareness and Responsibility
    or
• Individual Development and Responsibility
    or 
• Social Justice and Responsibility
    

Courses in this area explore communities, histories, and institutions within the United States to engage students in critical examination of their roles in American society.

Knowledge

• US History and Civic Engagement
    

Skill

• Communication
    or
• Critical Thinking and Reasoning  

Perspective 

• Individual Development and Responsibility
    or
• Social Justice and Responsibility
    

Courses in this area explore communities, histories, and institutions outside the United States to engage students in critical examination of their roles in a global society.

Knowledge

• World History and Global Awareness
    

Skill

• Communication
    

Perspective

• Global Awareness and Responsibility