|
Summary Report for Consensus Core Mapping
Common Core and Core Complement Goals and Objectives
In the First Year Experience
This summary report represents the core goals and objectives that have been identified in common for each of the core areas in the first year. Only the core goals and objectives that were identified by every course offering in the respective common core and core complement areas are included. Therefore this summary report represents a student's experience if they have completed the first year common core courses (GST 150 and ENG 150) and a core complement course in each of the following areas, Mathematics, Foreign Languages, Natural Sciences, Social Sciences and the Visual and Performing Arts.
In their first year experience through the Common Core courses and the Core Complement courses, all students are engaged with the following core goals and objectives:
Goal I An Education with a Catholic Identity
To encourage our students to seek wisdom and prudence and to promote mercy and universal justice by offering them a curriculum with a Catholic identity.
Knowledge and Skills
1.3 cultivate attitudes and practices that reflect an abiding respect for the dignity of all persons and a commitment to social justice
Analysis
1.4 understand the enduring influence of the Bible and Jewish, Christian, and specifically Catholic, symbols, stories, ideas, values and practices.
1.5 engage the Catholic religious tradition with other religious perspectives.
1.7 understand the teachings of Jesus that give this university its compelling vision of a realm of peace and justice.
Synthesis
1.9 recognize the essential unity of all knowledge as both an intellectual and a religious principle through interdisciplinary study and thematic connections among discipline-based courses.
Goal II Liberal Education
To provide students with the kind of broad and broadening Liberal Arts education that will: prepare them for a lifetime of developing their intellectual abilities; give them a moral foundation on which to build their learning, || challenge them to strengthen their mental flexibility; introduce them to different ways of encountering the realities in the world; and help them to advance in their careers or change their careers by giving them the confidence of knowing that they can learn new things.
Knowledge and Skills
2.1 examine enduring insights, values and principles, starting with the Bible and Socrates, that have helped people to discern the truth.
Analysis
2.3 engage in critical self-inquiry that promotes self-knowledge in order to develop (1) the ability to evaluate different opinions and beliefs, (2) a willingness to test one's point of view against others, (3) a willingness to recognize faulty thinking and seek other rational alternatives, and (4) a sense of collaboration by learning in community.
2.4 apply their studies in the Liberal Arts and Sciences to contemporary issues and situations.
Synthesis
2.5 develop a knowledge and understanding of religious studies, the humanities, mathematics, science, and the social sciences and an awareness of the interconnectedness of the various disciplines in the Liberal Arts and Sciences curriculum.
Goal III Responsible Citizens of the World
To help our students become responsible Citizens of the World.
Knowledge and Skills
3.1 develop an understanding of their own culture, since this culture will be the base for cross-cultural reference.
3.2 develop a knowledge and understanding of cultures throughout the world.
Analysis
3.3 develop, through critical analysis, a knowledge and an understanding of Western Civilization and the relationship of the United States to it.
3.4 gain awareness of cultural differences in order to promote the respect and empathy for one another that is essential for dialogue.
Goal IV Lifelong Learning To help students utilize skills which are essential for lifelong learning by giving them opportunities to practice these skills across the curriculum.
Knowledge and Skills
4.1 acquire the necessary foundation for the further development and refinement of their communication skills.
4.2 demonstrate the ability to persuade through the organization of ideas (in writing, speaking, and discussion) and through the art of rhetoric.
4.3 use research as a means of finding and communicating the truth.
4.4 use technology to communicate and acquire information.
4.5 learn to work cooperatively while becoming ever more independent learners.
Analysis
4.6 analyze and solve both quantitative and qualitative problems
4.7 apply skills related to critical reading, critical thinking, and problem solving.
Synthesis
4.8 integrate and synthesize information and ideas.
4.9 develop the creative, critical, and imaginative skills needed to recognize the beauty, the goodness and the breadth of human experience.
|