Competency 

Associated Learning Outcomes 

Students will …  

Written Communication 

• Assimilate, analyze, and present in written forms, a body of information 
• Adapt writing to circumstances and audience 
• Interpret content of written materials on related topics from various disciplines 
• Compose effective written materials for various academic and professional contexts 
• Produce writing that is stylistically appropriate and mature 

Oral Communication 

• Assimilate, analyze, and present in oral forms, a body of information 
• Adapt communication to circumstances and audience 
• Communicate in various modes and media, including the proper use of appropriate technology 
• Produce communication that is stylistically appropriate and mature 
• Communicate for academic and professional contexts 

Quantitative Reasoning 

• Model situations from a variety of settings in generalized mathematical forms. 
• Express and manipulate mathematical information, concepts, and thoughts in verbal, numeric, graphical, and symbolic form while solving a variety of problems. 
• Solve multiple-step problems through different modes of reasoning (inductive, deductive, and symbolic). 
• Use appropriate technology in the evaluation, analysis, and synthesis of information in problem-solving situations. 
• Shift among the verbal, numeric, graphical, and symbolic modes of considering relationships. 
• Extract quantitative data from a given situation, translate the data into information in various modes, evaluate the information, abstract essential information, make logical deductions, and arrive at reasonable conclusions. 
• Employ quantitative reasoning appropriately while applying scientific methodology to explore nature and the universe. 
• Discern the impact of quantitative reasoning and mathematics on the sciences, society, and one's personal life. 

Critical Thinking 

• Consider, and accommodate, and engage opposing points of view 
• Communicate for academic and professional contexts 
• Sustain a consistent purpose and point of view 
• Assimilate, analyze, and present a body of information 
• Analyze arguments 
• Interpret inferences and develop subtleties of symbolic and indirect discourse 

Moral Reasoning 

• Recognize the community and the greater common good over one’s self interest 
• Contribute to the eradication of stereotypes and prejudices that exist in society, either in crude forms or in more sophisticated and sometimes pseudo-scientific ones 
• Judge and to understand ethical behaviors in social applications 
• Apply societal ethics to scientific inquiry 
• Use ethical models to make decisions