Liberal Arts

Program Goals

The Liberal Arts degree will allow students the opportunity to discover a clear academic or career pathway while providing a basis for transfer to four-year liberal arts programs at other colleges and universities.

Program Outcomes

Upon completion of a Liberal Arts degree, graduates will be able to:

• Effectively communicate in written and oral form;
• Solve problems using critical, creative, and scientific reasoning;
• Critically employ quantitative methods to organize, analyze, and interpret data toward the express goals of informing themselves and solving problems;
• Demonstrate scientific thought both quantitatively and qualitatively by learning to recognize and formulate questions for analysis of human or technical problems;
• Interpret facts and evaluate issues from multiple perspectives;
• Demonstrate knowledge of diverse cultures and subcultures, with an eye toward broadening their global and historical perspectives;
• Reflect on their interactions with other individuals and their communities, as well as their role in a global society; and
• Use technology to retrieve, process, and communicate information.