Undergraduate Institutional Learning Outcomes
All Thomas Edison State University students who graduate from bachelor's degree programs will have the following competencies:
- Written Communication
Communicate ideas effectively in writing using text, data and images for addressing globally complex challenges.
- Oral Communication
Communicate ideas effectively orally using multiple modes of communication, as appropriate.
- Information Literacy
Identify, locate, evaluate, and effectively and responsibly use and share information for the problem at hand.
- Quantitative Reasoning/Literacy
Demonstrate competency and comfort in working with numerical data, create complex and refined arguments supported by quantitative evidence, and clearly communicate those arguments in a variety of formats, as appropriate.
- Diversity/Intercultural Literacy
Recognize that they are members of a world community and demonstrate intercultural knowledge, skills, and attitudes that support effective and appropriate interaction in a variety of cultural contexts.
- Ethical Leadership
Assess their own ethical values and the social context of a given situation, recognize ethical issues in a variety of settings, apply ethical principles to ethical dilemmas, and consider the ramifications of alternative actions.
- Critical Thinking
Critically explore issues and ideas, frame events, consider evidence, and analyze assumptions before accepting or formulating an opinion or conclusion.
Students are an important and necessary source of information about Thomas Edison State University’s effectiveness. By surveying students and graduates, and administering certain kinds of assessments that gauge the level of students’ skills and learning, the University gains valuable information, which is used to assess its effectiveness and to guide curricular and co-curricular development in the spirit of continuous improvement of the learning experience.
Although these surveys and assessments, as well as other information-gathering instruments, are not typically part of a student’s degree program, Thomas Edison State University students are required to participate in such activities when selected. All students who take part in outcomes assessment activities contribute to the continued excellence of Thomas Edison State University and to the reputation of the degrees awarded by the institution.