COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
Required Core Competencies

• WRITTEN COMMUNICATION. Demonstrate the ability to communicate with others using written communication clearly and appropriately in writing for a range of social, academic, and professional contexts and use appropriate writing technologies.
• ORAL COMMUNICATION. Demonstrate competence in utilizing oral communication skills appropriately to a variety of social, academic, and professional audiences.
• CRITICAL THINKING. Employ critical thinking and reasoning skills to a broad understanding of creative problem-solving techniques to define their own perspectives and positions and evaluate the implications and consequences of their conclusions.
• INFORMATION LITERACY. Demonstrate the ability to locate, interpret, determine the credibility of, and use information effectively to ethically and responsibly use and share that information.
• QUANTITATIVE REASONING. Exhibit analytical thought and informed judgment to analyze problems and identify solutions supported by quantitative evidence; and clearly communicate those arguments in a variety of formats as necessary and appropriate.
• ETHICAL AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY.
Demonstrate personal and professional ethical and social responsibility in the application of best practices to understand the ethical implications of their actions based on those values as well as the principles of human behavior and social interaction.
• HUMANITIES AND THE ARTS. Gain greater awareness, by being able to apply theory to an understanding of how social, cultural, linguistic, artistic, religious, philosophical, and historical contexts have shaped the thoughts and actions of people worldwide.
• LIFE SCIENCES. Apply the knowledge of life sciences to understand basic concepts of living things, the nature of scientific knowledge, and relevance of biological knowledge to human affairs.