Aesthetic Awareness
Students will demonstrate an appreciation of aesthetic expression.
The faculty at OCC have defined two dimensions of the aesthetic awareness general
education learning outcome to clarify learning expectations for students. They include:
- Analyzes the relationship between form and content.
- Identifies and evaluates how aesthetic expression leads to an understanding of cultural
context.
Communicate Effectively- Writing
Students demonstrate effective written communication.
The faculty at OCC have defined six dimensions of the Communicate Effectively -Written
general education learning outcome to clarify learning expectations for students.
They include:
- Student demonstrates understanding of audience, purpose, and assigned task illustrated
by effective focus and thesis, or introductory statement.
- Student demonstrates sufficiently developed content.
- Clearly organized.
- Usage of grammar and mechanic.
- Style and presentation.
- Incorporation of primary and secondary source material (when use of sources assigned
or writer chooses to support with material from outside personal experience).
Communicate Effectively - Oral Communication
Students demonstrate and apply skills for effective oral communication.
Faculty at OCC have defined seven dimensions of the communicate effectively-oral general
education learning outcome to clarify learning expectations for students. They include:
- Student demonstrates an understanding of how communication shapes self-concept, perception,
and worldview.
- Student demonstrates an understanding of how self-concept, perception, and worldview
shape communication with others.
- Students can analyze a variety of communication styles and effectively adapt their
style to the styles of others.
- Students effectively identify and employ listening strategies.
- Student will demonstrate appropriate forms of verbal and nonverbal expression.
- Student communicates ethically and respectfully.
- Student can form responses and organize ideas in a logical and constructive way in
order to achieve communication goals.
Critical Thinking
Students can effectively analyze, interpret, synthesize, and evaluate information
before accepting or formulating a hypothesis or opinion, or drawing a conclusion.
The faculty at OCC have defined five dimensions of the critical thinking general education
learning outcome to clarify learning expectations for students. They include:
- Evaluates information.
- Identifies the connections between ideas and concepts.
- Uses information to formulate an opinion or conclusion.
- Applies knowledge, concepts, paradigms, or theories to the assigned task.
- Completes the assigned task using an efficient and effective method.
Global Understanding & Responsibility
Students will demonstrate an understanding of global issues and the potential impact
of their decisions on other individuals, groups and the environment. Students will
identify opportunities and articulate potential solutions to improve global conditions.
The faculty at OCC have defined five dimensions of the Global Understanding and Responsibility
general education learning outcome to clarify learning expectations for students.
They include:
- Demonstrates an understanding that differences exist between global cultures, situations
and issues.
- Demonstrates an understanding that similarities exist among global cultures, situations
and issues.
- Demonstrates an understanding of relationships among global cultures, situations and
issues.
- Identifies potential impact of their decisions on individuals, groups, situations
and the environment.
- Identifies and articulates potential solutions to improve global conditions.
Information Literacy
Students will demonstrate the ability to analyze the need for information and to strategically
access, critically evaluate, and use information effectively, ethically, and responsibly.
The faculty at OCC have defined four dimensions of the Information Literacy general
education learning outcome to clarify learning expectations for students. They include:
- Evaluate Authority: Student demonstrates an understanding that research sources vary
in their authority.
- Use Information Ethically: Student demonstrates an understanding that information
has value by using it ethically.
- Synthesize Information: Student demonstrates an understanding of research as the basis
of inquiry.
- Access Information: Student demonstrates an understanding that searching is strategic.
Personal Development
Student understands personal development as a life-long process. Student can demonstrate
strategies for physical and psychological well-being, as well as personal responsibility
for decisions and behaviors.
The faculty at OCC have defined three dimensions of the Personal Development general
education learning outcome to clarify learning expectations for students. They include:
- Understands value of self-assessment goals.
- Utilizes self-management skills and discipline.
- Identifies and utilizes resources.
Quantitative Literacy
Students perform computations, identify and draw inferences from relevant information/data
and represent it graphically, symbolically, numerically and verbally.
The faculty at OCC have defined six dimensions of the Quantitative Literacy general
education learning outcome to clarify learning expectations for students. They include:
- Shows all of the necessary steps to complete the task.
- Performs computations with appropriate accuracy.
- Uses critical thinking to draw inferences from relevant information.
- Models information/data graphically or using visual representation.
- Represents information symbolically and/or numerically.
- Interprets numerical, symbolic, or graphical information or computation results.
Scientific Literacy
Students can apply fundamental scientific principles and methods to explain the impacts
of scientific research and technology.
The faculty at OCC have defined four dimensions of the Scientific Literacy general
education learning outcome to clarify learning expectations for students. They include:
- Uses appropriate terminology to describe core scientific concepts.
- Collects, evaluates, analyzes, and interprets information and data.
- Synthesizes information and data to draw conclusions and solve problems.
- Applies scientific knowledge to personal and global issues.
Social Responsibility
Students can demonstrate an understanding of the rights, privileges, and responsibilities
of informed participating community members.
The faculty at OCC have defined four dimensions of the Social Responsibility general
education learning outcome to clarify learning expectations for students. They include:
- Demonstrates involvement with stakeholders in the community.
- Considers social, economic, physical and cultural diversity in the community.
- Student considers questions of ethics and justice in social interactions.
- Student considers social and civic engagement.