Learning Outcomes by School/College (NEW!)

The Ten Learning Goals For DePaul University Graduates

1. Mastery of Content
   A DePaul graduate will establish mastery of a body of knowledge and skills in depth and breadth.
    

2. Articulate Communication
   A DePaul graduate will be able to communicate articulately in both the spoken and the written word, being able to read and to listen critically in order to understand the conversation in progress, and to adjust diction and style to the anticipated audience, to the subject matter and to the purpose of the communication. This goal recognizes the necessity that a student's ability to communicate keep pace with the increasing subtlety, precision and depth of the student's knowledge, sensibilities and deliberative powers.
    
3. Capacity to Work Toward Accomplishing Goals Both Independently and Cooperatively
   A DePaul graduate will have the capacity to work toward accomplishing goals both independently and as part of a team. This means being able to engage in inquiry, being self-directed in one's work, and being able to cooperate toward group accomplishment.
    
4. Knowledge of and Respect for Individuals and Groups Who are Different from Themselves
   A DePaul graduate will have knowledge of and respect for individuals and groups who are different from themselves. This goal recognizes the importance of multicultural and global approaches to teaching and learning as core strands in our curriculum and that the study and examination of differences and diversity are integral to and interwoven throughout one's education at DePaul University.
    
5. Development of Service-Oriented, Socially Responsible Value and Ethical Framework
   A DePaul graduate will develop or enhance his/her value and ethical framework and respect the religious and ethical foundations that are central to DePaul's mission. This goal requires the University to provide opportunities, incentives and resources to help students appreciate their responsibilities to others and to society.
    
6. Critical and Creative Thinking
   A DePaul graduate will be capable of thinking critically and creatively, integrating knowledge and ways of knowing, making reflective judgments, identifying significant ideas and their underlying assumptions, biases, and presuppositions.
    
7. Development of Multiple Literacies
   A DePaul graduate will develop multiple literacies, including computer literacy, information literacy, math literacy or numeracy, linguistic literacy, visual literacy and scientific literacy.
    
8. A Personal Arts and Literature Aesthetic in Formation
   A DePaul graduate will form a personal arts and literature aesthetic as a component of keen judgment, flexible imagination, self-expression and moral sensibility. 
    
9. Self-Reflection/Life Skills
   DePaul graduates will be able to apply their DePaul education to life and learning, to reflect on learning and experiences, and discover what choices are available to them and how to make life's choices wisely.
      
10. Historical Consciousness
    A DePaul graduate will develop knowledge and appreciation of the past and its role in shaping the present and the future.

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These University-wide goals do not exhaust the learning goals pursued at DePaul. Notably, they do not explicitly refer to the expectations specific to the various schools and departments. Nor will they be pursued in the same manner nor to the same degree in every unit. Nevertheless, the education of all recipients of DePaul undergraduate degrees should be characterized by these goals along with the goals specific to the student's unit. Since graduate and professional schools encounter students at different stages of their education and at different levels of maturity, their approaches to these goals and their methods of measuring them will have to be adjusted accordingly.
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