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ACADEMIC POLICIES AND PROCEDURES 89
College General Education Requirements
Sandhills Community College faculty has identified four primary goals of
general education: social and personal responsibility, communication,
critical thinking, and technology literacy. For each of these four goals,
competencies have been developed to assess student attainment. Course
embedded assessment is used to directly measure the four competencies in
the appropriate general education courses. The general education courses
used for assessment are selected from various disciplines (humanities,
science, mathematics, etc.) to capture a variety of ways to assess each of the
core general education goals. Standard rubrics are used to assess student
attainment of competencies.
Social and Personal Responsibility
Social and Personal Responsibility is the ability to analyze similarities and
differences in human experiences and perspectives, exhibit a greater
awareness of ethical and social concerns, and demonstrate respect for self
and others.
Demonstrated competencies:
Students will demonstrate respect for self and others by working in
groups.
Students will analyze ethical or social concerns.
Communication
Communication is the ability to apply college-level language skills
individually and collaboratively to discover, organize, and convey
information, ideas, and arguments in a manner appropriate to audience and
purpose.
Demonstrated competencies:
Students will demonstrate college-level language skills.
Students will create a summary of information using disciplinespecific
material.
Critical Thinking
Critical Thinking is the ability to use appropriate inquiry to reach a reasoned
conclusion.
Demonstrated competencies:
Students will create a summary of information using disciplinespecific
material.
Students will use evidence, logic, and organization to defend a
position.