Knowledge

(faith, general culture and major)

Understand key aspects of Christianity, Bible, and Wesleyan tradition

1. % of students can recognize theologically or biblically informed rhetorical elements when they appear in non-theological contexts as shown on a summative GE exam.

GE general exam

Know what believe and why

2. % of students able to articulate a personal spiritual position and place it within a spectrum of Christian traditions.

GE holistic writing exam

Demonstrate competency in a major area

3. % of students who score at or above competence level on a summative measure determined by their major department.

Departmental assessment data

Understand important aspects of  human experience (history, literature, arts,  philosophy, science, social science, and language)

4. % of students who can interrogate an issue from at least three different disciplinary perspectives as shown on a summative GE exam.

GE general exam

Competencies

(intellectual skills)

Effective communication (writing, oral communication, analytical reading)

5. % of students who can organize ideas to support a position (either in writing or orally) as shown on a summative GE exam.

GE holistic writing exam

Critical thinking

6. % of students who can present an objection to their own position as logical, as shown on a summative GE exam.

GE holistic writing exam

Mathematical problem-solving

7. % of students who can apply quantitative methods to solving real-life problems as shown on a summative GE exam.

GE general exam

Social Literacy

(ability to manage self and the world)

Understand diversity and complexity of world’s needs

8. % of students who can interrogate an issue from a different racial, class, gender or world position as shown on a summative GE exam.

GE holistic exam

9. % of students who have had active participation in a program involving substantial contact with another culture or sub-culture

Love Works, Project Yes, International, Urban Term, internships et al.

10. % of students who report some sense of their own cultural otherness.

Post-experience data

Have an experience of service and engagement with needs of others

11. % of students who have participated in a service activity at PLNU. (Love Works, Stud. Ministry, Health Promotion Center…)

Student and  spiritual development data

Be able to work as a team member

12. % of students who will have had 5 or more opportunities to work as a team in or outside of class.

Student and spiritual development data

Understand the diversity and complexity of the self (physical, intellectual, emotional, social, occupational and spiritual)

13. % of students who demonstrate the understanding and willingness to balance the varied aspects of their lives as shown on a senior survey.

Senior survey