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Map of Core Curriculum Goals and Objectives
Map of Core Curriculum Goals and Objectives
Core Curriculum Goal #1 - Writing Intensive
Students will demonstrate basic and advanced skills in analyzing and representing ideas through strong written prose.
Basic Core Objectives:
a. use writing to learn course content
b. demonstrate understanding of audience and purpose
c. develop logical arguments
d. practice creating readable and correct prose through a writing process
e. demonstrate work produced with integrity
Courses through which this Goal & Related Objectives will be Expressed: FYS 101, ENG 101
Advanced Core Objectives:
a. Students will demonstrate understanding of course content through written assignments.
b. Students will demonstrate understanding of audience and purpose, as well as develop logical arguments integrating appropriate ideas and evidence in grammatically correct prose.
c. Students will demonstrate a writing process including revision, practiced with academic integrity.
Courses through which this Goal & Related Objectives will be Expressed:
Any course meeting appropriate learning objectives and designated by the CCC through an application process
Core Curriculum Goal #2 - Information Literacy
Students will demonstrate basic skills in finding, processing, and using information in a variety of forms.
Core Objectives:
a. collect, comprehend and analyze, and apply information thoughtfully and legitimately
b. integrate appropriate ideas and evidence into writing and discussion including
Courses through which this Goal & Related Objectives will be Expressed:
FYS 101, ENG 101, PHI 101 and RST 101
Core Curriculum Goal #3 - Catholic Jesuit Tradition
Students will demonstrate understanding of the nature and influence of the Catholic Jesuit tradition.
Courses through which this Goal will be Expressed:
PHI 101 and RST 101
Core Curriculum Goal #4 - Breadth of Knowledge
Students will be able to reflect about their inner lives, to consider how attention to the life of the mind bears upon reality, to discern the human relationship to the natural world and to social institutions through a broad experience of the liberal arts.
Field 1 - Religious Studies and Theology
Core Objective:
Students will be able to gain a clearer understanding of the role which religion plays in human life through a careful and systematic examination of religious ideas, institutions, values, or patterns of belief and practice.
Courses through which this Objective will be Expressed:
Courses designated by the Religious Studies department and others designated by the CCC upon review
Field 2 - Philosophy
Core Objective:
Students will be able to understand, articulate, and evaluate the values, principles, and assumptions on which individual and social decisions rest.
Courses through which this Objective will be Expressed:
Courses designated by the Philosophy department and others designated by the CCC upon review
Field 3 -Arts
Core Objective:
Students will be able to understand the aesthetic dimension of creative work in the fine arts and/or literature and to articulate how that creative work mirrors and shapes human experience.
Courses through which this Objective will be Expressed:
Courses designated by the departments of Classics, English, Fine Arts, and Modern Languages and others designated by the CCC upon review
Field 4 - History
Core Objective:
Students will be able to understand how historians use evidence to study the recorded past, to situate events, artifacts, and experiences in their historical context, and to analyze the process of change over time.
Courses through which this Objective will be Expressed:
Courses designated by the History department and others designated by the CCC upon review
Field 5 - Social Sciences
Core Objective:
Students will be able to explain, interpret, and critically analyze human behavior and social structures from the perspective of the social science through which the course is offered.
Courses through which this Objective will be Expressed:
Courses designated by the departments of Communication Studies, Economics, Political Science, Psychology and Sociology/Anthropology/Criminal Justice and others designated by the CCC upon review
Field 6 - Natural Sciences
Core Objective:
Students will be able to explain, interpret, and critically analyze the natural world using the scientific method from the perspective of the natural science through which the course is offered.
Courses through which this Objective will be Expressed:
Courses designated by the departments of Biology, Chemistry, Physics, and Sociology/Anthropology/ Criminal Justice and others designated by the CCC upon review
Field 7 - Mathematical Sciences
Core Objective:
Students will be able to reason quantitatively, abstractly, or computationally about the world using the symbol systems rooted in quantitative measures, logical analysis, and/or algorithms to solve practical problems.
Courses through which this Objective will be Expressed:
Courses designated by the departments of Computer Science and Mathematics/Statistics and others designated by the CCC upon review
Core Curriculum Goal #5 - Diversity
Students will develop an understanding of the multicultural character of the United States. Focus will be upon attentiveness to cultural differences within the United States in many areas of human life.
Core Objectives:
a. Identify and describe the diverse and multicultural character of the United States through at least one aspect of society (cultural, ethnic, political, religious, gender etc.).
b. Analyze and evaluate the dynamics created by the diversity under investigation in the course.
Courses through which this Goal & Related Objectives will be Expressed:
Any course meeting appropriate learning objectives and designated by the CCC through an application process
Core Curriculum Goal #6 - Ethics
Students will develop an understanding of personal action, the good in terms of human agency, happiness, and living a worthwhile life. Focus will be upon moral issues, living well, and the frameworks that make living well intelligible, both personally and professionally.
Core Objectives:
a. Identify criteria and principles necessary for moral evaluation.
b. Critically evaluate how conceptions of moral obligation and competing ethical theories contribute to living a worthwhile life as an individual and/or a social being.
Courses through which this Goal & Related Objectives will be Expressed:
Any course meeting appropriate learning objectives and designated by the CCC through an application process
Core Curriculum Goal #7 - Global Awareness
Students will develop an understanding of geographic regions other than the United States. Focus will be upon the histories, cultures, and/or political systems of countries across the globe.
Core Objectives:
a. Identify and describe aspects of the history, cultures and/or political systems of at least one country, region or community outside the United States.
b. Demonstrate how the history, culture, or politics under consideration contributes to the ways that people in different parts of the world view themselves.
c. Use this knowledge to understand their own position in the world.
Courses through which this Goal & Related Objectives will be Expressed:
Any course meeting appropriate learning objectives and designated by the CCC through an application process
Core Curriculum Goal #8 - Justice
Students will develop an understanding of the nature of justice, including the tension between justice and power, as well as the causes of injustice. Focus will be upon the promotion of justice.
Core Objectives:
a. Demonstrate an understanding of justice.
b. Describe the factors, including power, that create, permit, or mitigate the conditions of injustice.
c. Explain how justice can be done.
Courses through which this Goal & Related Objectives will be Expressed:
Any course meeting appropriate learning objectives and designated by the CCC through an application process
Core Curriculum Goal #9 - Oral Communication
Students will enhance their abilities to communicate effectively and appropriately in a range of contexts, practicing their skills at both sending and receiving messages.
Core Objectives:
a. Demonstrate ability to convey information and ideas orally.
b. Demonstrate ability to understand, interpret, and evaluate information and ideas delivered orally.
Courses through which this Goal & Related Objectives will be Expressed:
Any course meeting appropriate learning objectives and designated by the CCC through an application process
Core Curriculum Goal #10 - Public Service
Students will be able to reflect upon the goals of the core curriculum by developing a sense of the value of public service.
Core Objectives:
Under construction (completion by May 1, 2009)
Courses through which this Goal & Related Objectives will be Expressed:
Core Capstones designated by the CCC through an application process