Shown here are the general learning goals of each academic program broken down into specific student learning outcomes (SLOs). These SLOs represent what a student should be able to do as a result of successfully completing the program. Student performance on these outcomes are routinely assessed by program faculty as a way of informing programmatic continuous improvement efforts.
General Education
The student learning goals for the General Education Program are listed below. The rationale, SLOs and rubric for each goal are available here.
- Thinking Critically & Creatively
- Communicating Effectively
- Making Local to Global Connections
- Understanding Responsibilities of Community Membership
Undergraduate
- Accounting (BA/BS)
- Actuarial Sciences (BS)
- Advertising (BS)
- Anthropology (BA/BS)
- Apparel Design and Merchandising (BS)
- Art and Visual Culture (BA)
- Art Education (K-12) (BFA)
- Biology (BA/BS)
- BSBA Program Core
- Building Sciences (BS)
- Career and Technical Education (BS)
- Chemistry (BA/BS)
- Child Development (BS)
- Communication Sciences and Disorders (BS)
- Communications, Communication Studies (BS)
- Community and Regional Planning (BS)
- Computer Information Systems (BA/BS)
- Computer Science (BS)
- Criminal Justice (BSCJ)
- Dance Studies (BA)
- Digital Journalism (BS)
- Economics (BA/BS)
- Electronic Media/Broadcasting (BS)
- Elementary Education (BS)
- English (BA)
- English, Secondary Education (BS)
- Environmental Science (BS)
- Exercise Science (BS)
- Fermentation Sciences (BS)
- Finance and Banking (BA/BS)
- Gender, Women's and Sexuality Studies (BA)
- Geography (BA/BS)
- Geology (BA/BS)
- Global Studies (BA)
- Graphic Communications Management (BS)
- Graphic Design (BFA)
- Health and Physical Education, K-12 (BS)
- Health Care Management (BS)
- History (BA/BS)
- History, Social Studies Education (BS)
- Hospitality and Tourism Management (BA/BS)
- Industrial Design (BS)
- Interdisciplinary Studies (BA/BS)
- Interior Design (BS)
- International Business (BA/BS)
- Languages, Literatures and Cultures (BA/BS)
- Management (BA/BS)
- Marketing (BA/BS)
- Mathematics (BA/BS)
- Middle Grades Education (BS)
- Music Core
- Music Education (BM)
- Music Industry Studies (BS)
- Music Performance (BM)
- Music Therapy (BM)
- Nursing (BSN/RN to BSN)
- Nutrition and Foods (BS)
- Philosophy (BA)
- Photography (BFA)
- Physics (BA/BS)
- Political Science (BA/BS)
- Psychology (BA/BS)
- Public Health (BS)
- Public Relations (BS)
- Recreation Management (BS)
- Religious Studies (BA)
- Risk Management and Insurance (BA/BS)
- Social Work (BSW)
- Sociology (BA/BS)
- Special Education (BS)
- Studio Art (BFA)
- Supply Chain Management (BA/BS)
- Sustainable Development (BA/BS)
- Sustainable Technology (BS)
- Theatre Arts (BA)
- Veterinary Technology (BS)
Graduate
- Accounting (MS)
- Appalachian Studies (MA)
- Applied Data Analytics (MS)
- Athletic Training (MS)
- Biology (MS)
- Business Administration (MBA)
- Clinical Mental Health Counseling (MA)
- Computer Science (MS)
- Curriculum Specialist (MA)
- Educational Administration (EdS)
- Educational Leadership (EdD)
- Engineering Physics (MS)
- English (MA)
- Exercise Science (MS)
- Experimental Psychology (MA)
- Geography (MA)
- Health Administration (MS)
- Higher Education (EdS)
- Higher Education (MA)
- History (MA)
- Industrial-Organizational Psychology and Human Resource Management (MA)
- Library Science (MLS)
- Marriage and Family Therapy (MA)
- Mathematics (MA)
- Media, Technology, & Learning Design (MA)
- Music Performance (MM)
- Music Therapy (MMT)
- Nursing (MSN)
- Nutrition - Dietetics (MS)
- Nutrition - Public Health (MS)
- Political Science (MA)
- Professional School Counseling (MA)
- Psychology (PsyD)
- Public Administration (MPA)
- Reading Education (MA)
- Romance Languages (MA)
- School Administration (MSA)
- School Psychology (MA)
- Social Work (MSW)
- Special Education (MA)
- Speech-Language Pathology (MS)
- Student Affairs Administration (MA)
- Technology (MS)
Certificate
- Addiction Counseling
- Aging, Health, and Society
- Appalachian Studies
- Autism Disorders
- Birth - Kindergarten
- Business Analytics
- Career and Technical Education
- Civic Engagement
- Climate Change
- College and University Teaching
- Data Science
- Digital Media Literacy
- Elementary Education
- Elementary Mathematical Education
- Emotional and Behavioral Disorders
- Expressive Arts Therapy
- Forensic Science
- French
- Gender, Women's and Sexuality Studies
- Geographic Information Science (graduate certificate)
- Geographic Information Systems (undergraduate certificate)
- Global Connections
- Health and Physical Education
- International Leadership
- Instructional Technology Facilitation
- Instructional Technology Leadership
- Middle and Secondary Teaching
- New Media Literacies and Global Perspectives
- Non-Profit Administration
- Nursing Education
- Online Design, Communication, and Engagement
- Online Learning and Professional Development
- Planning
- Photovoltaics
- Public Health Nutrition Practice
- Reading Education
- Rhetoric and Composition
- School Leadership
- Sociology
- Spanish
- Special Education
- Sports Analytics
- Sport Science and Coaching
- Strategic Communication
- Systemic Multicultural Counseling
- Teaching Emergent Bilingual Populations