Lake Superior College

Policy: Chapter 3 - 3.0 College-wide Education Outcomes

Part 1. College-wide Education Outcomes Philosophy
Lake Superior College is committed to preparing students for a changing, diverse, and global society. To affirm that commitment, LSC provides teaching and learning opportunities in a broad-based foundation of general knowledge and skills. Through that core of general knowledge and skills, students will gain experience and development in the following areas:

• Communication Skills
• Information Technology Skills
• Critical Thinking Skills
• Self-development Skills
• Citizenship Skills
• Interaction Skills
• Computation Skills

Part 2. Requirements
Certificate programs of 20 to 29 credits will be required to address the skill areas of Communications, Interaction, and Critical Thinking.
Diploma programs of 30 - 45 credits must address the skills areas of Communications, Interaction, Critical Thinking, and one additional area of choice according to subject matter (to be determined by program faculty and included in program literature).
Diploma programs of 46+ credits and all Degree programs must include all of the above defined College-wide Outcome skills areas.

Part 3. Implementation
Validation will be a process of data collection, using the results to make program/course improvements which will increase student achievement of the outcomes.

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