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Core Learning Outcomes
All Fayetteville State University graduates, regardless of major, will achieve the following learning outcomes, which will be introduced in 100- and 200- level courses and reinforced throughout a student’s major courses as appropriate. Fayetteville State University recognizes eight core learning outcomes in two main groups:
A. General Education
Communication Skills: Students will comprehend, analyze, and evaluate the effectiveness of various forms of written and spoken communication, and they will assemble original written and spoken communications that display appropriate organization, clarity, and documentation for a given purpose and audience.
Reasoning Skills:
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Reasoning Skills - Quantitative Reasoning: They will apply math to situations common in everyday living, and they will calculate, interpret, and assess statistical data and concepts, percentages, proportions, rates of change, geometric measures, linear equations, probability and risk.
Information Literacy: Students will formulate effective questions based on a need; organize, sort, evaluate, and retrieve academic information to address the need; cite sources appropriately for their context.
Scientific Literacy: Students will create and assess hypotheses using research methods, interpret and express the results of observation and experimentation, understand the fundamental concepts of natural and social sciences, and apply scientific knowledge to situations common to daily life to promote physical and psychological well-being.
Humanities and Creative Arts: Students will demonstrate comprehension, analysis, and/or synthesis of the cultural and historical contributions of the humanities and/or arts to human cultural and intellectual advancement by engaging in inquiry, writing, and/or creative processes.
Global Literacy: Students will experience global diversity through interaction, examination, and critical reflection. Our students will broaden their comprehension and appreciation of globalization and their role as global citizens.
B. University Requirements
Transitional Studies: Upon completion of transitional studies courses students will be able to demonstrate skills they need for a successful transition to university life.
Ethics and Civic Engagement: Students will demonstrate knowledge and application of principles of ethical and civic responsibility.
The Undergraduate Core Curriculum is designed to ensure that graduates will achieve these learning outcomes.
Major Requirements
Core Requirements: Minimum of 38-40 credits required of all students. Students who enter as first-time freshmen must take an entering freshman and rising junior assessment to complete core requirements.
Other Program Requirements: See “Other Program Requirements” on the department catalog page. Major programs may require that students take specific courses from those listed below.
Undergraduate Core Curriculum: 38-40 Credits
Transitional Studies - University Studies: 2 Credits
UNIV 101-UNIV 102 required for all first-time students; UNIV 110 required for transfer students with fewer than 30 transfer credits. Students do not earn credit if requirement is waived. UNIV 111 may be required based on academic performance.
Select one option from the following:
Transitional Studies - Life Skills: 2 Credits
Select two credits from the following:
Communication Skills - Written Communication: 3 Credits
Select one from the following:
** Courses can be used to satisfy Core and Foundations of American Democracy requirements.
Communication Skills - Oral Communication: 3 Credits
Select one from the following:
Information Literacy: 3 Credits
Reasoning Skills - Critical Thinking: 3 Credits
Not required for students with 60+ transfer credits. Students do not earn credit if requirement is waived.
Select one from the following:
Reasoning Skills - Quantitative Reasoning: 3-4 Credits
MATH 121 may be required based on profile scores. Some core courses require a one-hour lab.
Select one from the following:
Scientific Literacy - Natural Sciences: 7-8 Credits
At least one natural science class must include its associated lab. Some majors require two lab sciences, increasing requirement to 8 credits.
Select from the following:
Scientific Literacy - Social Sciences: 3 Credits
Select one from the following:
** Courses can be used to satisfy Core and Foundations of American Democracy requirements.
Humanities and Creative Arts: 3 Credits
Select one from the following:
** Courses can be used to satisfy Core and Foundations of American Democracy requirements.
Global Literacy: 3 Credits
Not required for students with 30+ transfer credits from a foreign institution. Students do not earn credit if requirement is waived.
Select one from the following:
Ethics and Civic Engagement: 3 Credits
Not required for students with 60+ transfer credits. Students do not earn credit if requirement is waived.
Select three credits from the following:
** Courses can be used to satisfy Core and Foundations of American Democracy requirements.
Total Credit Hours: 38-40
Computer Literacy
In keeping with the increasing reliance upon computer technology in all fields, Fayetteville State University is committed to ensuring that students gain computer usage skills as appropriate to their respective major fields. Students will gain the competencies of basic computer word processing and Internet skills in undergraduate core courses, as appropriate.
All departments will be responsible for delineating the competencies in computer usage needed in their degree program(s) and for stating the means by which students gain these needed skills.
Foundations of American Democracy
Not required for students with 60+ transfer credits.
Select three credits from the courses below.
The course selected must also be used to satisfy another Core or major requirement. The credits count only once.
The following course may also satisfy the Written Communication Core requirement:
The following courses may also satisfy the Scientific Literacy – Social Science Core requirement:
The following courses may also satisfy the Humanities and Creative Arts Core requirement:
The following courses may also satisfy the Ethics and Civic Engagement Core requirement:
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