Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of the Champlain College Core Curriculum, students will be able to:

1. Demonstrate competence in the following areas: critical and creative thinking, ethical reasoning, global appreciation, oral communication, technology and information literacy, and written communication.
2. Use disciplinary frameworks (language, methods, approaches, and limitations) to analyze problems; consider how these disciplinary frameworks complement, support, or compete with one another.
3. Integrate disciplinary knowledge and method into a coherent interdisciplinary product.
4. Use inquiry to consider fundamental institutions, practices, and traditions of U.S., western, and world civilizations to understand contemporary global issues.
5. Identify, consider, and integrate diverse perspectives, beliefs, ethical frameworks, and experiential learning when defending possible personal, academic, and professional choices intended to create positive change in an interconnected, global community.
6. Use inquiry to consider the impact of science on individuals and communities.
7. Identify the influence of aesthetics on individuals and communities, and demonstrate aesthetic expression in personal and academic pursuits.
8. Apply rhetorical strategies to read critically and to write texts that are effective for a particular audience, purpose, and context.