Overview

The purpose of general education at 青青草视频 is to foster a disciplined curiosity that leads to the empowerment of the student as an intentional learner and to lay the foundation for lifelong learning. By exploring many aspects of the traditional arts and sciences, students will learn about the human imagination and the products of cultural history and expression, the interrelationships within and among social and global communities, models that help to understand the patterns and behaviors of the natural world and social structures, and the values essential to local or global civic engagement. Specifically, students will encounter these ideas through courses in the sciences, mathematics, communications, the social sciences, and the arts and humanities.

While exploring these disciplines, students will also develop college-level skills in communication, critical thinking, information literacy, scientific and quantitative reasoning, and global responsibility necessary for lifelong learning, whether it be within the academy or in the professional world. In this way, the college seeks not only to instill knowledge but also to integrate skills and knowledge within the context of cultural and professional competencies.

By design, this practical liberal education is highly concentrated within the core of required arts and sciences courses; we expect that students will find the knowledge and skills from these courses are reinforced in many areas of the curriculum, including elective courses, vocational courses, and a variety of capstone learning experiences that interrelate principle and application.

General Education Learning Outcomes (GELO)

Each general education course at Santa Fe is expected to address one of six learning outcomes. The table below describes these six outcomes and the competencies associated with them in greater detail.

Written Communication Skills Written communication is the development and expression of ideas in writing. Written communication involves learning to work in many genres and styles. It can involve working with various writing technologies and mixing texts, data, and images. Written communication abilities develop through iterative experiences across the curriculum.

Oral Communication Rubric Oral communication is a prepared, purposeful presentation designed to increase knowledge, foster understanding, or to promote change in the listeners' attitudes, values, beliefs, or behaviors.

Critical Thinking Rubric Critical thinking is a habit of mind characterized by the comprehensive exploration of issues, ideas, artifacts, and events before accepting or formulating an opinion or conclusion.

Scientific Reasoning Rubric Understanding scientific concepts and reasoning and analyzing and interpreting various types of scientific data. The current definition of scientific reasoning is based on a description by the American Association for Higher Education and Accreditation whereby scientific reasoning is divided into the reductionist and integrative approaches to the understanding and improvement of student learning.

Quantitative Reasoning Rubric Is a "habit of mind," competency, and comfort in working with numerical data. Individuals with strong QL skills possess the ability to reason and solve quantitative problems from a wide array of authentic contexts and everyday life situations. They understand and can create sophisticated arguments supported by quantitative evidence and they can clearly communicate those arguments in a variety of formats (using words, tables, graphs, mathematical equations, etc., as appropriate).

Inquiry and Analysis Inquiry is a systematic process of exploring issues/objects/works through the collection and analysis of evidence that result in informed conclusions/judgments. Analysis is the process of breaking complex topics or issues into parts to gain a better understanding of them.

Information Literacy The ability to identify, locate, evaluate, and effectively and ethically use and share information to accomplish a specific purpose.

Resources, Tips and Best Practices Resources, Tips and Best Practices for Each IL Dimension.