Appendix 2: Summary of Faculty Work from August 17, 2004
General Learning Outcomes

In creating this shorter list, care was taken to remove items that represented desires (not necessarily attainable) and outcomes (something one can actually control and measure). Thus items like “humility in relation to what is not known” or “love for neighbor” were removed or reshaped.

Knowledge

• Understand Christianity and Bible, in relation to other faith positions
• Know what believe and why
• Understand human experience (history, lit, philosophy, arts, science, social science)
• A major area of expertise

Competencies

• Communicate in verbal and written form
• Critical reading from variety of disciplines
• Critical thinking
• Problem-solving
• Have basic literacy
  • Information literacy
  • Technological literacy
  • Work in a collaborative group = social literacy
• Understand how to learn

Values/Attitudes

• Understand the diversity and complexity of the world’s needs
• Have an experience of service and engagement with needs of others
• Comprehend the difference between vocation and job
• Understand the diversity and complexity of the self (physical, intellectual, emotional, social)