Perspectives Outcomes:

Students will be able to:

• articulate an understanding of representative theories in the natural and social sciences

• explore language use, linguistic forms, and language’s ability to change society and ourselves.

• distinguish and assess the impact that knowledge and methodology in the natural and social sciences have on our understanding of self, society and environment

• critically and creatively engage in the aesthetic and intellectual components of the fine and performing arts.

• articulate the ways that the arts and humanities shape, change, provoke, and represent our world and our perception of the world.

• understand and interpret diverse evidence about past societies and cultures.

• understand how the scientific method differs from other modes of inquiry and ways of knowing.

• evaluate diverse approaches to the study of history and their relationship to power, privilege and difference

• use and understand the power of mathematics, statistics, and qualitative analysis to represent and investigate ideas and evidence, as well as evaluate data dependent arguments.

• analyze a creative text within its cultural, aesthetic, historical, and intellectual contexts.

• identify the values and concerns expressed in creative works.