General Education Learning Outcomes
of Columbus State University
General education at Columbus State University is directed toward
cultivation of skills, knowledge, and attitudes that empower and enrich lives. Columbus
State University aims to develop student habits and skills for critical, independent
thinking through self-reliant investigation, active learning, and an assumption of
responsibility for intellectual development and personal behavior.
| Skills of Communications and Critical Thinking |
| Communication | Be able to communicate effectively by means of listening, speaking, reading, and writing in the diverse situations encountered as educated citizens; be able to effectively communicate using appropriate symbolic technological systems. |
| Critical Thinking | Be able to think with a deliberate awareness of the process of critical thinking, employ the process, and strive to augment its effectiveness. |
| Perspectives and Knowledge |
| Aesthetics | Be able to interpret aesthetic significance in an object, work, performance or experience through study or participation. |
| Contemporary Phenomena |
Be able to apply appropriate knowledge to the interpretation of current problems and related issues, concerning environment, health, society, culture, religion, economy, politics, science, and technology. |
| Historical Interpretation |
Be able to develop informed judgments about the past by gathering relevant information, by placing it in context, by interpreting it and by using it to draw inferences about contemporary event. |
| Mathematical Knowledge |
Be able to use mathematical skills to solve problems and to interpret quantitative information. |
| Scientific Investigation |
Be able to observe and interpret phenomena in a systematic fashion consistent with recognized principles of scientific inquiry. |
| Values Clarification and Cultural Diversity |
Be able to investigate ethics and personal values and those of others; be able to analyze interactions between value systems and cultural systems; be able to distinguish prejudices, stereotypes, opinions, facts and cross-cultural contributions. |
| Wellness |
| Activity, Service and Leadership |
Be able to participate in extra-curricular, service, or leadership activity during the course of completing an undergraduate education. |
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