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Mapping the General
Education Curriculum:
University
Learning Outcomes and You
Introduction, CDC
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Todd Onderdonk, Chair, University Programs
Kelly Mendiola, Rhetoric & Composition, Humanities
Mity Myhr, CULF 3331, BSS
Teri Varner, Presentational Speaking, Humanities
Christie Sample Wilson, CULF 3330, BSS
Foundational Skills (21 hours)
• FSTY 1311 or ENGW 1301
• FSTY 1313 or ENGW 1302
• College Mathematics
• Computational Skills
• Oral Communication
• 6 hours of Modern Language
Cultural Foundations (18 hrs)
• CULF 1318 Literature and Human Experience
• CULF 1319 Understanding/Appreciating the Arts
• CULF 1320 American Experience
• CULF 2321 American Dilemmas
• CULF 3330 Hist. & Evolution of Global Processes
• CULF 3331 Contemporary World Issues
Foundations for Values &
Decisions
• FSTY 1310 The Human Experience
• Ethics
• Religious Studies/Philosophy
• SCIE 2320 Science in Perspective
• Science in Depth
• CAPS 4360 Capstone
University Learning Outcomes
and Vertical Integration
St. Edward’s University Mission Statement Learning Goals:
Mission: Graduates in all programs should be prepared, through training in critical and creative thinking as well as moral
reasoning, to analyze problems, propose solutions and make responsible decisions. They should be able to express
themselves articulately in both oral and written form. They are encouraged to develop an understanding of the human
person that is derived from reason and open to faith.
Discipline
Liberal Arts
Competency Understanding
Critical
Thinking
Moral
Reasoning
Graduates will Graduates will
Graduates will
demonstrate understand the
Graduates will
demonstrate
competency in contributions of
demonstrate
the moral
a chosen
other disciplines
critical and
reasoning skills
discipline
creative thinking
to make
skills necessary
responsible
to make
decisions
responsible
decisions
Problem
Solving
Written
Oral
Communication Communication
Graduates will Graduates will
demonstrate
demonstrate
effective oral
the problem
solving skills communication
skills
necessary to
make
responsible
decisions
Graduates will
demonstrate
effective written
communication
skills
Social
Justice
Graduates
will
understand
the critical
issues of
society and
to seek
justice and
peace
Values
Global
Clarification Perspective
Graduates Graduates will
will
understand
understand
their
themselves responsibility
and clarify to the world
their
community
personal
values
Project Rationale
• Essential skills
• Information
• Help students
• Help advisors
Project Rationale, cont’d
• Reinforcement
• Gaps
• Further Integration
• Curriculum Development
Reading the Matrix
• What’s Included
• Interpreting Gaps
• No Data Available
• Undergoing Revision
• Significant Variation
Critical Thinking Matrix, pg. 1
Critical Thinking Matrix, pg. 2
Mapping a Class
Next Steps
Questions??
Thank you
• The Course Directors’ Committee