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.
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2. To explore the ethical dimension intrinsic to religion, and the relation between ethical discernment and religious traditions. |
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3. To understand the varieties of religious traditions and to appreciate the internal diversity within those traditions. |
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4. To interpret religious texts in their literary and socio-historical setting, conscious of the role of social location at each level of interpretation. |
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5. To track the development of a Christian
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6. To understand the difference between the
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systematic and theoretical discourse. |
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