General Education Assessment

Philosophy

General Education will enable students to acquire and apply a broad foundation of knowledge and skills needed to be productive and responsible in a changing world.

General Education Outcomes

The Oakland Community College General Education distribution courses and other campus experiences lead to the development of the following:

• Aesthetic Awareness: Graduates will have an appreciation of the role of aesthetic expression in daily life
• Written Communication: Graduates can demonstrate and apply skills for effective written communication.
• Oral Communication: Graduates can demonstrate and apply skills for effective oral (including non-verbal) communication.
• Critical Thinking: Graduates can demonstrate and apply the skills to conceptualize, think creatively and innovatively, analyze, synthesize, and apply information.
• Global Understanding and Responsibility: Graduates understand global issues and the potential impact of their decisions on other individuals, groups and the environment. Graduates can identify opportunities and articulate personal intentions to improve global conditions.
• Information Literacy: Graduates will be able to use information ethically and legally, and identify, explore, analyze and apply appropriate information resources to a specific task.
• Personal Development: Graduates understand personal development as a life-long process. Graduates can demonstrate strategies for physical and psychosocial well being, as well as personal responsibility for decisions and behaviors
• Quantitative Literacy: Graduates can perform mathematical computations, identify and draw inferences from relevant information, and represent mathematical information graphically, symbolically, numerically, and verbally.
• Scientific Literacy: Graduates can apply fundamental scientific principles and methods of inquiry to understand the impacts of scientific research and technology.
• Social Responsibility: Graduates understand the rights, responsibilities, and privileges necessary to become informed participating community members.

"Other Oakland Community College courses reinforce and model this philosophy."

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