{"id":95,"date":"2025-09-12T12:34:14","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T16:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/saair\/?page_id=95"},"modified":"2025-09-15T11:09:45","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T15:09:45","slug":"learning-outcomes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/stair\/assessment\/learning-outcomes\/","title":{"rendered":"Learning Outcomes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns sidebar is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:45rem\">\n<p class=\"is-style-intro\">The Clark Experience Learning Outcomes provides a common framework for what every Clark student should achieve by graduation. Departments and programs contribute to these outcomes in distinctive ways through their majors, courses, and co-curricular experiences. While grounded in the LEEP framework, our learning outcomes also align with nationally recognized AAC&amp;U Essential Learning Outcomes and NACE career readiness competencies, making them both academically rigorous and practically relevant.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><nav class=\"is-vertical wp-block-navigation is-content-justification-stretch is-layout-flex wp-container-core-navigation-is-layout-2c14e10a wp-block-navigation-is-layout-flex\" aria-label=\"Assessment sub menu\"><ul class=\"wp-block-navigation__container  is-vertical wp-block-navigation\"><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/stair\/assessment\/learning-outcomes\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Learning Outcomes<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/stair\/assessment\/program-and-department-assessment\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Program and Department Assessment<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/stair\/assessment\/external-department-reviews\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">External Department Reviews<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/stair\/assessment\/resources\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Resources<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-100\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-blue-background-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/stair\/meet-our-staff\/\">Meet our Staff<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\">\n<table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead>\n<tr><th><strong>Clark Outcome<\/strong><\/th>\n<th><strong>Students will gain\u2026<\/strong><\/th>\n<th><strong>Related Career Competencies<\/strong><\/th><\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"top\"><td><strong>Knowledge of the Natural World, Human Cultures &amp; Society<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><ul><li>Foundational disciplinary knowledge<\/li>\n<li>Ability to employ different ways of knowing the world and its many dimensions.<\/li>\n<li>Focused by rigorous engagement with big questions, both contemporary and enduring.  <\/li>\n<\/ul><\/td>\n<td><ul><li>Global awareness<\/li><\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\"><td><strong>Intellectual &#038; Practical Skills<\/td>\n<td><ul><li>Inquiry and analysis<\/li>\n<li>Generation and evaluation of evidence and argument<\/li>\n<li>Critical and creative thinking<\/li>\n<li>Written and oral communication<\/li>\n<li>Quantitative literacy<\/li>\n<li>Information literacy<\/li>\n<li>Teamwork, and <\/li>\n<li>Problem solving. <\/li>\n<\/ul><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li>Critical Thinking<\/li>\n<li>Communication<\/li>\n<li>Teamwork<\/li>\n<li>Technology<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\"><td><strong>Personal &amp; Social Responsibility<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><ul>\n<li>Ethical reasoning and action<\/li>\n<li>Intercultural understanding and competence to participate in a global society<\/li>\n<li>Civic knowledge and engagement locally as well as globally<\/li>\n<li>Lifelong habits of critical self-reflection and learning<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td><ul><li>Leadership<\/li>\n<li>Professionalism<\/li>\n<li>Equity &#038; Inclusion<\/li>\n<li>Career\/Self Development<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\"><td><strong>Integrative Learning &amp; Practice<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><ul>\n<li>Synthesize knowledge across general and specialized studies<\/li>\n<li>Bridge disciplinary and interdisciplinary approaches<\/li>\n<li>Connect classroom learning with the world  <\/li><\/td>\n<td><ul><li>Communication<\/li>\n<li>Transfer Knowledge<\/li>\n<li>Reflection<\/li>\n<li>Connections to Experiences &#038; Discipline<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/tr>\n<\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"arrow\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.naceweb.org\/career-readiness\/competencies\/career-readiness-defined#competencies\">Learn more about NACE competencies here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group section is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns equal-height is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<aside class=\"wp-block-group boxout has-light-blue-background-color has-background is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-12dd3699 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Additional learning outcomes<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>At Clark, undergraduate learning is guided by multiple layers of goals:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Clark Core goals<\/strong>: Through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/www-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/clark-core-learning-goals.pdf\">Clark Core<\/a> liberal arts curriculum, students engage with learning goals that emphasize breadth, critical inquiry, and global perspectives.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Program outcomes<\/strong>: Each academic department articulates its own learning outcomes, highlighting the knowledge and skills developed within the major.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Course outcomes<\/strong>: Each course establishes its own learning outcomes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<aside class=\"wp-block-group boxout has-light-blue-background-color has-background is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-12dd3699 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Historical context<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-intro\">In Fall 2009, Clark Faculty endorsed five educational goals as part of the Liberal Education and Effective Practice (LEEP) educational framework. The educational goals align with AAC&amp;U Essential Learning Outcomes, and added a fifth goal, Capacities of Effective Practice. In 2025, the Clark Experience was launched, returning to the original four AAC&amp;U Essential Learning Outcomes.<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Clark Experience Learning Outcomes provides a common framework for what every Clark student should achieve by graduation. Departments and programs contribute to these outcomes in distinctive ways through their majors, courses, and co-curricular experiences. 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