HCC GENERAL EDUCATION OUTCOMES: OVERVIEW
A student who completes at least 45 general education/transfer credits at Highland Community College should demonstrate the following competencies:
Oral and Written Communication: The ability to gather information appropriately, to make effective oral presentations, and to write with a clear purpose and a mastery of writing technique.
Computation, Quantitative Reasoning, and Data-driven Problem-Solving: The ability to understand and apply mathematical reasoning to interpret information, solve non-routine problems, and draw valid conclusions based on data.
Technology and Information Literacy: The ability to locate, identify, and evaluateinformation from a variety of sources and to use basic technological functions as required in a discipline-specific context.
Cultural Diversity: The ability to recognize and evaluate one’s own intercultural sensitivity, awareness, and attitudes.
Critical Thinking: The ability to evaluate information, evidence, arguments, and theories and the contexts in which these are presented and to analyze different and competing perspectives.
Humanities: The ability to recognize and critique fine art and philosophical perspectives and to participate in the arts as a means of becoming more creative and of seeking life-long self-fulfillment.
Social Sciences: The ability to analyze and apply social science theory and research to describe, explain and predict human behavior, cultures, and interactions.
Natural and Physical Sciences: The ability to apply scientific methods, concepts, and theories to test hypotheses, conduct experimental procedures, and make conclusions supported by the results.
These outcomes are assessed through a variety of in-course measures which align individual course and program competencies to each general education learning outcome. Student learning is also assessed in some programs through external licensure and credentialing examinations.
HCC GENERAL EDUCATION OUTCOMES: IDENTIFIED COURSES
Courses identified in the Fall of 2015 as containing competencies related to each General Education Outcome:
Oral and Written Communication:
Human Services – HMS100; HMS112
Photography – Studios and also PHO107
Theatre – TH108; TH109; TH110; TH152; TH208
Chemistry –PS107; PS111
Communications – SP106; ENG090; ENG101; ENG102; R090; R092
Biology – BS101
Physics – PS203; PS204; PS215; PS216
Agriculture – AB114; AB210
Sociology – SOC101
Art – A101; A112; A113; A201; A202; A215
Music – M103; M162; M223
Psychology – PSY101
Mathematics – MAT100; MAT103; MAT104; MAT105; MAT106; MAT107; MAT108; MAT201; MAT203
Business – BUS103; BUS105; BUS110; BUS116; BUS120; BUS140; BUS203; BUS204; BUS216
Computation, Quantitative Reasoning, and Data-driven Problem-Solving:
Theatre – TH152
Chemistry – PS107; PS111; PS112; PS210; PS212
Biology – BS101
Physics – PS203; PS204; PS215; PS216; PS102; PS104; PS108
Agriculture – AB114
Music – M101; M104; M105; M200; M201; M126; M130; M119
Mathematics – MAT100; MAT103; MAT104; MAT105; MAT106; MAT107; MAT108; MAT110; MAT201; MAT203
Business – BUS103; BUS105; BUS110; BUS116; BUS130; BUS140; BUS203; BUS204; BUS216
Technology and Information Literacy:
Human Services – HMS100; HMS112
Photography – Studios
Theatre – TH152; TH208
Communications – SP106; ENG090; ENG101; ENG102; R090
Biology – BS101
Agriculture – AB227
Anthropology – ANT112
Art – A113; A215; A223
Business – BUS103; BUS105; BUS110; BUS116; BUS120; BUS130; BUS140; BUS181; BUS203; BUS204; BUS216
Cultural Diversity:
Human Services – HMS100; HMS112
Communications – SP106
Agriculture – AB108; AB216
Sociology – SOC102
Art – A101; A201; A202
Psychology – PSY101; PSY205
Business – BUS116; BUS120; BUS181; BUS203; BUS204
Critical Thinking:
Communications – PHI103
Chemistry – PS107; PS111
Biology – BS101
Physics – PS203; PS204; PS215; PS216
Mathematics – MAT104; MAT105; MAT106; MAT107; MAT108; MAT110; MAT201; MAT203
Humanities:
Theatre – TH108; TH109; TH110; TH152; TH208
Agriculture – AB222
Art – A101
Music – M115; M116; M215; M216; M152; M153; M252; M253; M113; M114
Business – BUS120
Social Sciences:
Human Services – HMS100; HMS115
Agriculture – AB108; AB222
Sociology – SOC101
Psychology – PSY101; PSY205
Business – BUS203; BUS204
Natural and Physical Sciences:
Chemistry – PS107; PS111; PS112; PS210; PS212
Biology – BS101
Physics – PS203; PS204; PS215; PS216; PS102; PS104; PS108
Agriculture – AB203; AB210
Psychology – PSY101; PSY205
Mathematics – MAT100; MAT103; MAT104; MAT105; MAT106; MAT110; MAT201; MAT203
Business – BUS203; BUS204