SLO/TaskStream Taskforce

SLOs for Instructional Programs

English

Student Learning Outcomes

Students who complete the English Program will gain facility with:

Rhetorical Awareness (as readers and writers)

  • Students will be able to write clear, thoughtful prose using appropriate steps of a writing process
  • Students will be able to identify arguments as well as patterns and strategies of organization in a variety of texts
  • Students will be able to develop visual literacy to identify arguments in advertisements, websites, photographs and other visual media
  • Students will be able to select appropriate research strategies
  • Students will be able to employ correct citation formats

Critical Thinking

  • Students will be able to: analyze and weigh the truth value of conflicting claims

Creative Thinking

  • Students will be able to synthesize elements of texts in surprising and unexpected ways

Global Awareness

  • Students will be able to describe and explain multiple perspectives
  • Students will be able to analyze the effects of different cultural perspectives on classic and contemporary issues