learning outcomes
The L&CS program is committed to developing in its students the following understandings, abilities, and habits of mind:
- Habits of critical inquiry that promote the understanding of written and visual texts, and important issues in the larger society.
- An awareness of the interrelatedness of diverse fields of study.
- An understanding of the interrelatedness of human communities and of the racial, ethnic, social-class, and gender diversity of the people who occupy them.
- Self-awareness, including an understanding of the relationship between personal and social values, and the implications of these values in the realm of action.
- An awareness of issues related to the natural environment and of humanity’s role in that environment.
- An awareness of the role of the arts in expressing human uniqueness and similitude.
- Democratic skills of written and verbal expression, as well as cooperation, negotiation, and goal-setting.
- An appreciation of education as a tool of individual and social progress.
- An understanding of the connections between personal, local, and global issues.
- An understanding of the powers of personal choice and of individual responsibility.
