Through their writings, theories, problems, designs, objects of art, and other projects students will make connections or original contributions to questions and concerns relevant to a particular discipline, multiple disciplines, the Academy, local society, or the global community.
This learning outcome emphasizes the importance of deliberately using students' coursework to engage issues, debates, schools of thought, and the like relevant to particular disciplines as well as the Academy, local society, or the global community.
Instructors will assess student learning in this outcome by evaluating a representative sample of assignments.
Learning Outcome B encompasses the following learning goals and assessment of it should incorporate those goals:
- Union students will develop an attitude of inquiry: they will ask questions that matter, and develop the capacity to engage complex challenges with skill, creativity, and confidence.
- Union students will engage in disciplinary, interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary approaches, and will have opportunities to learn at the intersection of fields of study.
- Union students will develop a diverse set of skills that can be applied across a spectrum of disciplines and future careers.