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General Education: Student Learning Outcomes

All UW-Green Bay graduates should know and . . .

  1. Have the ability to communicate effectively through listening, speaking, reading, writing, and the use of computers.

  2. Have the ability to think critically.

  3. Have the ability to exercise problem-solving skills - such as problem identification and analysis, and solution formulation, implementation, and assessment - using an integrated, interdisciplinary approach.

  4. Have a fundamental understanding of the Humanities including the significance and chronology of major events and movements in Western civilization.

  5. Have a fundamental understanding of the Humanities, including a range of literature, representative of different literary forms and historical contexts.

  6. Have a fundamental understanding of the Humanities, including the role of the humanities in identifying and clarifying individual and social values in a culture and understanding the implications of decisions made on the basis of those values.

  7. Have a fundamental understanding of the Natural Sciences, including major concepts, principles, and theories of the biological and physical environment.

  8. Have a fundamental understanding of the Natural Sciences, including the impact of scientific and technological activities and products on individuals, society, and the environment.

  9. Have a fundamental understanding of the Social Sciences, including major concepts of social, political, geographic, and economic structures.

  10. Have a fundamental understanding of the Social Sciences, including the impact that social institutions and values have on individuals and groups in a culture.

  11. Have a fundamental understanding of one or more of the fine arts, including an understanding of the nature and functions of art and ways of evaluating art.

  12. Have a fundamental understanding of contemporary global issues and problems related to multiculturalism and ethnocentrism, through the study of beliefs, values, and ways of life in a country other than the United States.

  13. Have a fundamental understanding of the causes and effects of stereotyping and racism, and an appreciation of cultural diversity within the United States.