SUNY General Education Student Learning Outcomes
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SUNY General Education Student Learning Outcomes

SUNY General Education Student Learning Outcomes

Knowledge and Skills Areasempty Learning Outcomes
Mathematics
  • Interpret and draw inferences from mathematical models such as formulas, graphs, tables, and schematics
  • Represent mathematical information symbolically, visually, numerically, and verbally
  • Employ quantitative methods such as arithmetic, algebra, geometry, or statistics to solve problems
Natural Sciences
  • Understand the methods scientists use to explore natural phenomena, including observation, hypothesis development, measurement and data collection, experimentation, evaluation of evidence, and employment of data analysis or mathematical modeling
  • Apply scientific data, concepts, and models in one of the natural sciences
Diversity:  Equity, Inclusion, and Social Justice
  • Describe the historical and contemporary societal factors that shape the development of individual and group identity involving race, class, and gender
  • Analyze the role that complex networks of social structures and systems play in the creation and perpetuation of the dynamics of power, privilege, oppression, and opportunity
  • Apply the principles of rights, access, equity, and autonomous participation to past, current, or future social justice action
Social Sciences
  • Describe major concepts and theories of at least one discipline in the social sciences
  • Demonstrate an understanding of the methods social scientists use to explore social phenomena
US HIstory and Civic Engagement
  • Demonstrate an understanding of United States’ society and/or history, including the diversity of individuals and communities that make up the nation
  • Understand the role of individual participation in US communities and government
  • Apply historical and contemporary evidence to draw, support, or verify conclusions.
World History and Global Awareness
  • Demonstrate knowledge of a broad outline of world history and/or the development of the distinctive features of at least one civilization or culture in relation to other regions of the world
  • Demonstrate an understanding of the structures, systems, and interrelationships among civilizations and cultures within historical and/or contemporary contexts, and their impact on wellbeing and sustainability.
Humanities
  • Demonstrate knowledge of the conventions and methods of at least one of the humanities
  • Recognize and analyze nuance and complexity of meaning through critical reflections on text, visual images, or artifacts
The Arts
  • Understand at least one principal form of artistic expression and the creative process inherent therein
World Language
  • Exhibit basic proficiency in the understanding and use of a world language
  • Demonstrate knowledge of the distinctive features of culture(s) associated with the language they are studying
Basic Communication (Written and Oral)
  • Research a topic, develop an argument, and organize supporting details
  • Demonstrate coherent college-level communication (written and oral) that informs, persuades, or otherwise engages with an audience
  • Evaluate communication for substance, bias, and intended effect
  • Demonstrate the ability to revise and improve written and oral communication

SUNY General Education Learning Outcomes

Competenciesempty Learning Outcomes
Civic Discourse
  • Deliberate ideas through reasoned inquiry that seeks new information and considers multiple viewpoints
  • Demonstrate the ethical practice of advocacy, dissent, and dialogue that constructively attends to points of conflict
Critical Thinking (Reasoning)
  • Clearly articulate an issue or problem
  • Identify, analyze, and evaluate ideas, data, and arguments as they occur in their own or others’ work
  • Acknowledge limitations such as perspective and bias; and
  • develop well-reasoned (logical) arguments to form judgments and/or draw conclusions
Information Literacy
  • locate information effectively using tools appropriate to their need and discipline;
  • evaluate information from a variety of sources with an awareness of authority, validity, bias, and origin; and
  • demonstrate an understanding of the ethical dimensions of information use, creation, and dissemination, whether from traditional sources or emerging technologies, such as artificial intelligence.