While objectives define your broad course goals, outcomes provide students with specific and measurable ways in which they can meet those goals.
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Arts
By the end of this course, students will be able to:
- Produce creative work that applies the basic elements of visual design—color, line, form, space, and texture.
- Produce (action verb) creative work (context) that applies the basic elements of visual design—color, line, form, space, and texture (standard).
Health Sciences and Sciences
By the end of this course, students will be able to:
- Outline an academic essay, identifying the thesis, introduction, body, and conclusion.
- Outline (action verb) an academic essay (context), identifying the thesis, introduction, body, and conclusion (standard).
Business Management and Legal Programs
By the end of this course, students will be able to:
- Create and deliver business presentations that show competence in verbal and non-verbal communication skills, organization, and clarity of message.
- Create and deliver (action verb) business presentations (context) that show competence in verbal and non-verbal communication skills, organization, and clarity of message (standard).
American Language Center
By the end of this course, students will be able to:
- Use correct grammar, spelling, and punctuation when communicating in English verbally with classmates and during written assignments.
- Use (action verb) correct grammar, spelling, and punctuation (standard) when communicating in English verbally with classmates and during written assignments (context).
Engineering and Technology
By the end of this course, students will be able to:
- Design a system that applies knowledge in three technical areas (structural, geotechnical, and environmental) for a civil engineering project.
- Design (action verb) a system that applies knowledge in three technical areas (structural, geotechnical and environmental) (standard) for a civil engineering project (context).
Education, Humanities, and Social Sciences
By the end of this course, students will be able to:
- Apply engagement strategies to various classroom scenarios to help diverse student groups work cooperatively and productively together.
- Apply (action verb) engagement strategies to various classroom scenarios (context) to help diverse student groups work cooperatively and productively together (standard).