Essential Learning Outcomes

GONZAGA UNIVERSITY BACCALAUREATE GOALS

Gonzaga University cultivates reflective, responsible individuals rooted in Jesuit, Catholic, humanist traditions.  We develop students whose knowledge, skills, habits of mind and spirituality enable them to grow in the service of faith and the promotion of justice.

Gonzaga seeks to graduate Baccalaureate students who possess and demonstrate

1. Knowledge developed through the practices of liberal humanistic learning

2. Intellectual and practical skills, including
Thinking: reasoning, finding and evaluating information, and interpreting and performing critical analysis
Communicating: exchanging information and ideas through effective use of listening, speaking, writing, and technological tools
Quantifying:  understanding and using mathematical skills and reasoning
Problem Solving: individually and in collaboration with others
Specializing: competence in one or more disciplines
Integrating: connecting learning within and across disciplines and experiences
Imagining:  creating new perspectives, finding one's own voice

3. Habits of mind and heart, including
Reflection
Ethical reasoning and action
Civic, cultural and intercultural engagement
A commitment to a just society and world and the courage to act justly
A commitment to developing one's mind, body, and spirit

4. A thoughtful, evolving spirituality, including
Discerning one's faith and vocation
Engaging with the personal challenges of formation and transformation
Becoming women and men with and for others

Below are the drafts of the committee's work toward determining essential learning outcomes for all Gonzaga undergraduate students.

Draft 6
Draft 5
Draft 4
Draft 3
Draft 2
Draft 1