General Education Student Learning Outcomes

Biblical and Theological Canons (concurrent with the Christian Understanding, Practices and Affections ILO)
SLO: Students will demonstrate literacy in Christian scripture and Christian doctrine.
Philosophical Reflections on Reality, Knowledge, and Value
SLO: Students will be able to articulate major philosophical ideas and describe their bearing on the Christian liberal arts.
World History in Christian Perspective (concurrent with the Global Awareness ILO)
SLO: Students will acquire literacy in the histories of diverse people across the globe and reflect on the importance of world history for the Christian.

Reading Imaginative Literature
SLO: Students will:
- analyze imaginative literature to indicate an understanding of language beyond its literal level.
- articulate an empathetic response to the varieties of human experience represented in literature.
Exploring the Physical Sciences
SLO: Students will generalize how the scientific method can be used to investigate the physical and living world.
Exploring the Life Sciences
SLO: Students will generalize how the scientific method can be used to investigate the physical and living world.
Performing and Interpreting the Arts (Working Artistically)
SLO: Students will respond to an artistic production, demonstrating critical understanding of form, content, and process.
Reasoning Abstractly
SLO: Students will be able to recognize, construct, and evaluate instances of abstract reasoning.
Thinking Globally (concurrent with the Global Awareness ILO)
SLO: Students will be able to describe and analyze the dynamics of a particular artistic, economic, political, or social connection across cultural or regional boundaries.
Thinking Historically
SLO: Students will be able to analyze historical sources with appropriate attention to their various contexts.
Understanding Society
SLO: Students will apply appropriate foundational theories to analyze social, political, economic, and/or cultural phenomena.

Justice, Reconciliation and Diversity (concurrent with the Diversity ILO)
SLO: Students will apply a biblically and theologically informed framework to critically evaluate the ways in which diversity and applications of justice and reconciliation within the United States shape the experience of citizens and persons residing in the United States.
Writing-Intensive Courses (concurrent with the Written Communication ILO)
SLO: Students will communicate in written form for a variety of purposes and audiences across the curriculum.
Speech-Intensive courses area is in the process of merging with the Oral Communication ILO
Quantitative and Analytical Reasoning (concurrent with the Quantitative Reasoning ILO)
SLO: Students will apply relevant scientific, mathematical and logical methods to analyze and solve problems effectively and be able to utilize the results appropriately when making decisions.
Modern Languages
SLO: ACTFL standards
Physical Education
SLO: Students will write and successfully implement an appropriate fitness program based on the training principles of frequency, intensity, and duration.

Serving Society; Enacting Justice
SLO: Under revision in collaboration with the Student Life Office.
Communicating Cross-Culturally
SLO: Under revision by the Office of Global Education.