University-wide programs

Student Learning Outcomes

First-Year Experience

Upon completion of FYE 101, students will:

1. be able to state why they are in college and be able to articulate their college goals; 

2. be able to explain the value of a liberal arts foundation for their education, the general education requirements that exist at CMU, and the value of these requirements;

3. be able to describe individual, cultural, and ethnic differences and describe positive consequences of these differences;

4. exhibit higher levels of academic skills to increase their success at CMU such as time management and accessing information from the web and library;

5. be able to express what is expected of students to be successful at CMU;

6. be able to identify problem behaviors that interfere with student success and be less likely to engage in these activities; and develop habits that lead to success;

7. have greater knowledge of a specific university faculty or staff; and

8. know about the range of university events that are available to students.

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General Education Program

Upon completion of this program, students will:

1. demonstrate competence in

   • reading comprehension

   • written communication

   • oral communication

   • quantitative reasoning and interpretation

2. examine and solve problems through intellectual process skills, such as comprehension, translation, interpretation, extrapolation, application, analysis, syntheses, and evaluation

3. demonstrate competence in library research skills

4. be able to describe and critically evaluate

   • contributions of the fine arts to society and culture

   • a broad range of personal and cultural values

   • the logic and substance of the scientific method

   • American society and culture

   • a cross-cultural perspective

   • differing theoretical points of view regarding human nature

   • the perspectives of global cultures (such as knowledge may be obtained through study abroad, or by participation in global cultural events, but in the latter case, the student must be able to describe and critically evaluate the significant outcomes of such participation)

   • the significance of a liberal arts education

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Honors Program

Upon graduation, Honors students will be able to:

1. Assess the existing knowledge, concepts, techniques, and methodology appropriate to the graduate's chosen discipline.

2. Conceive and plan a high-quality research and/or creative capstone project in the appropriate disciplinary or multi-disciplinary context.

3. Apply discipline-based and/or cross-discipline-based knowledge to design a problem-solving strategy.

4. Identify major issues, debates, or approaches appropriate to the discipline.

5. Synthesize complex information appropriate tot he discipline.

6. Select and organize credible evidence to support converging arguments.

7. Develop an argument in accordance with the methods of the discipline.

8. Solve discipline-based and/or cross-discipline-based problems using strategies appropriate to the subject.

9. Employ writing conventions appropriate to the discipline.

10. Exhibit disciplined work habits as an individual.

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