Goals of University Studies

Communication: To enhance your capacity to communicate, orally and visually, in various ways-writing, graphics, and numeracy-and to gain competency using appropriate communication technologies.

Critical thinking: To gain understanding from various perspectives, and to analyze, synthesize, investigate, and conceptualize different points of view in order to become an active, self-motivated, and empowered learner.

Social and ethical responsibility: To develop an understanding of and practice in social and ethical responsibility to society both locally and globally.

The diversity of the human experience: To develop appreciation for and an understanding of the rich complexity of the human experience through the study of differences in ethnic and cultural perspectives, class, race, gender, sexual orientation, and ability.