Contact Information
Westmont College
Psychology Department
955 La Paz Road
Santa Barbara, CA 93108-1099
805.565.6071
Fax: 805.565.6116 programreview@westmont.edu
PROGRAM REVIEW & IMPROVEMENT
Student Learning Standards: Active Societal and Intellectual Engagement
Introduction
It is our hope that students are equipped to benefit from a Westmont education over the course of alifetime. As a result of their educational program, they will have the skills, attitudes and commitments that enable them to be effective in both their personal and vocational lives throughout all the stages of their lives.
Student Learning Outcomes
Interpersonal Competence. Students/graduates possess the interpersonal competence than enables them to be effective in a quickly changing and demanding workplace.
Sympathy. Students/graduates have broad and expansive sympathies for all those in conditions of confusion, suffering, and vulnerability as well as for the natural world.
Responsibility. Students demonstrate responsibility for their learning.
Equipped for Lifelong Learning. Students are equipped with the tools to continue learning throughout their lives, both because learning can become a source of lifelong satisfaction, and because of the ever-changing nature of our world.
Christian Vocation. Students/graduates develop a sense of Christian vocation that will inform career goals, marital choices, and other central lifestyle decisions.
Effective Participants. Graduates have the skills, knowledge, and motivation to be effective participants in the civic, charitable, and cultural lives of their communities.
