Seattle University Student Learning OutcomesSeattle University undergraduate students should be able to:

1. Pursue and evaluate knowledge through the skills of inquiry, research, critical thinking and problem solving.

2. Communicate effectively in both speech and writing.

3. Understand the varying perspectives of the liberal arts and sciences and apply them to personal, civic or professional issues.

4. Understand and appreciate diversity and develop a worldview informed by multicultural and global perspectives.

5. Understand and appreciate the Jesuit/Catholic linking of faith and justice.

6. Assess their own levels of commitment to community service and to a just world.

7. Demonstrate proficiency in the content and methodology of their discipline or profession.

8. Think systematically about moral, ethical and spiritual questions and assess and articulate their own values.

9. Demonstrate team and leadership skills needed to convert goals to action.

 

 

Undergraduate Students

Department/Program

Liberal Studies

Student Learning Outcomes

Seattle University’s Student Learning Outcomes

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1. To demonstrate an understanding of the liberal perspectives of the arts and sciences and an ability to apply them to personal, civic, or professional studies        

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2. To demonstrate the coherence of a broad program of interdiscipli­nary studies and an ability to integrate diverse disci­plines in original work    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. To demonstrate skills of research, critical thinking, and problem-solving

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4. To demonstrate sufficient ability to communicate effectively in writing and in speech.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5. To demonstrate understan­ding of and appreciation for diversity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6. To demonstrate an awareness of the Jesuit/ Catholic commitment to social justice and spiritual formation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7. To demonstrate the ability to think systematically about ethical and spiritual questions