Degree Plans
Student Learning Outcomes for Academic Programs
A.A. in Liberal Arts and Sciences
General Education Outcomes
A robust general education is founded on the knowledge, concepts, methods, and perspectives that students gain through the study of many academic disciplines. These disciplinary studies stimulate intellectual inquiry, global awareness, and cultural and artistic appreciation: they equip students to make informed judgments and remain engaged beyond the classroom. To that end, QCC promotes educational activities that allow students to demonstrate that they can:
- Communicate effectively in various forms
- Use analytical reasoning to identify issues or problems and evaluate evidence in order to make informed decisions
- Reason quantitatively as required in various fields of interest and in everyday life
- Apply information management and digital technology skills useful for academic research and lifelong learning
- Apply scientific methods and reasoning to investigate issues or problems in the natural and social sciences in order to draw conclusions
To support these institutional general education outcomes, the academic departments-;through their programs-may also assess the ability of students to:
- Integrate knowledge and skills in the program of study
- Make ethical judgments while recognizing multiple perspectives, as appropriate in the program of study
- Work collaboratively to accomplish learning objectives
Approved by the Academic Senate on April 13, 2021.
Program Outcomes
- Integrate knowledge and skills in the program of American Studies
- Make ethical judgments while recognizing multiple perspectives, as appropriate in American Studies
- Work collaboratively to accomplish learning objectives
- Apply an understanding of American social, economic and political issues and events in and/or across the disciplines, with major emphasis on both the historical and contemporary United States
- Demonstrate competency in research, writing, and/or oral presentation as related to the program of American Studies
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June 2017
Program Outcomes
- Integrate knowledge and skills in the program of study
- Make ethical judgments while recognizing multiple perspectives, as appropriate in the program of study
- Work collaboratively to accomplish learning objectives
- Demonstrate an understanding of the core curriculum of liberal arts and sciences
- Demonstrate a conceptual and practical foundation in the field of education
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May 2017
Program Outcomes
- Integrate knowledge and skills in English
- Make ethical judgments while recognizing multiple perspectives, as appropriate in English
- Work collaboratively to accomplish learning objectives
- Analyze and interpret texts by drawing upon appropriate methods or frameworks, while remaining attentive to genre, rhetorical characteristics, or historical and cultural contexts
- Write clearly and effectively, incorporating research appropriately
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May 2017
Program Outcomes
- Integrate knowledge and skills in the program of study
- Make ethical judgments while recognizing multiple perspectives, as appropriate in the program of study
- Work collaboratively to accomplish learning objectives
- Apply a framework of gender to issues in and/or across the disciplines
- Demonstrate competency in research, writing, and/or oral presentation as related to the study of gender
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May 2017
Program Outcomes
- Integrate knowledge and skills in the program of study
- Make ethical judgments while recognizing multiple perspectives, as appropriate in the program of study
- Work collaboratively to accomplish learning objectives
- Evaluate the reliability and usefulness of different forms of historical evidence.
- Construct a historical argument grounded in evidence from primary and/or secondary sources
- Locate an event and sources in historical context
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April 2017
Program Outcomes
- Integrate knowledge and skills in international studies
- Make ethical judgments while recognizing multiple perspectives, as appropriate in international studies
- Work collaboratively to accomplish learning objectives
- Apply an understanding of international, social, economic and political events in and/or across disciplines, with major emphasis on both the historical and contemporary global community.
- Demonstrate competency in research, writing and/or oral presentation as related to the field of International Studies.
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June 2017
Program Outcomes
- Integrate knowledge and skills in the program of study
- Make ethical judgments while recognizing multiple perspectives, as appropriate in the program of study
- Work collaboratively to accomplish learning objectives
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June 2017
Program Outcomes
- Integrate knowledge and skills in the field of Nutrition Science
- Make ethical judgments while recognizing multiple perspectives, in the context of Dietetics
- Work collaboratively to accomplish learning objectives
- Interview and convey relevant information to professional clients
- Demonstrate competence in nutritional analysis, body composition analysis, health risk appraisal, and dietary reference intakes
- Demonstrate skill in personal training techniques such as resistance training, weight training, and stretching techniques
- Create an individual dietary meal plan based on client’s needs and health assessment
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June 2017
Program Outcomes
- Students will demonstrate an understanding of social work principles and practices.
- Students will use critical thinking skills related to theories and concepts of social work.
- Students will make ethical judgements while recognizing multiple perspectives related to social work and the social sciences.
- Students will integrate knowledge and skills in the program of study.
Program Outcomes
- Integrate knowledge and skills in the sociology concentration
- Make ethical judgments while recognizing multiple perspectives, as appropriate in the sociology concentration
- Work collaboratively to accomplish learning objectives
- Demonstrate competency regarding the knowledge base in the sociology major
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May 2017
Program Outcomes
- Integrate knowledge and skills in the program of study
- Make ethical judgments while recognizing multiple perspectives, as appropriate in the program of study
- Work collaboratively to accomplish learning objectives
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June 2017
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