Seattle University Student Learning Outcomes Seattle 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

Public Affairs

Student Learning Outcomes

Seattle University’s Student Learning Outcomes

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Understand the role of community building in public service as a critical element of public service, specifically for marginalized groups

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Understand the interface of public affairs, theory, policy development and its application to service to help create a more just and humane world

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Assume position of community leadership, which may be evidenced in social interaction/group dynamics or project leadership

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Apply critical thinking and be able to apply research skills and appropriate technology for public policy development and analysis in both written and verbal communication

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Demonstrate the ability to work with and for others to help translate community need into action

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