Learning Goals and Outcomes
UW Eau Claire Liberal Education
Learning Goals & Outcomes
These five goals are UW-Eau Claire’s highest, most general goals for student learning.
Following the recommendation of the LEAP National Leadership Council, the UW-Eau Claire Liberal Education Learning Goals are emphasized across “every field of college study.” That is, they are intentional in program and course design; intentional in general education and throughout the majors; and intentional in the arts and sciences and in the professional colleges (College Learning for the Global Century).
As the AAC&U stresses, the knowledge and skills of these learning goals cannot be achieved in any one program. They will be “achieved in many different ways, across highly diverse institutional contexts and fields of study” (College Learning for the New Global Century). Thus, UW Eau Claire’s Liberal Education Learning Goals are broad and general so that departments, degree programs, and co-curricular units can identify goals and/or learning outcome statements that are specific expressions of the Liberal Education Goals.
College Learning for the New Global Century. Association of American Colleges and Universities. Washington D.C. 2007.
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UW-Eau Claire Liberal Education Learning Goals (approved, 12/2007)
Knowledge of Human Culture and the Natural World
Creative and Critical Thinking
Effective Communication
Individual and Social Responsibility
Respect for Diversity Among People
Learning Outcomes (approved, 4/2009)
- UW Eau Claire students will develop a depth of knowledge about human culture.
- UW Eau Claire students will develop a depth of knowledge about the natural world.
- UW-Eau Claire students will develop and use creative thinking skills in academic and social contexts.
- UW-Eau Claire students will develop and use critical thinking skills in academic and social contexts.
- UW-Eau Claire students will effectively write, read, speak and listen in academic and social contexts.
- UW-Eau Claire students will develop skills and values for ethical reasoning.
- UW-Eau Claire students will use ethical reasoning in civic and professional contexts.
- UW-Eau Claire students will develop knowledge for living in a pluralistic society and a globally interdependent world.
- UW-Eau Claire students will develop and use skills for promoting equity, diversity, and inclusivity in civic and professional contexts.
