Student Learning Outcomes
Middlesex Community College is committed to providing the first half of a traditional baccalaureate education by offering high-quality general education in liberal arts and sciences. Our extended mission is to prepare students for service, leadership, and meaningful life-long work and learning. Upon successful completion of all program requirements, graduates will be prepared to meet the College’s Institutional Learning Outcomes and will demonstrate competency in the following areas:
1. Knowledge and Skills
- Acquire knowledge appropriate for successful transfer to a baccalaureate institution.
- Master a major field of study as the basis for life-long learning, service, relationships, and work, in a socially diverse context
- Demonstrate an extensive foundation of knowledge, skills, and processes derived from a liberal arts curriculum that are required for systematic study and problem solving
- Demonstrate the ability to conduct and document meaningful, discipline appropriate research.
2. Critical Thinking
- Think critically, comprehend and analyze complex ideas, draw inferences from facts/texts, evaluate and present well-reasoned arguments.
- Apply symbolic reasoning skills to solve problems, evaluate arguments and chains of reasoning, and interpret information.
- Reason scientifically and/or quantitatively and apply mathematical and/or scientific principles to the inquiry process
3. Communication
- Communicate effectively by means of listening, speaking, reading, writing and utilizing basic quantitative information and mathematical skills in varied situations.
4. Global Perspectives
- Demonstrate knowledge of different groups and organizations in societies and respect for varied cultural values.
- Be familiar with major artistic, literary and philosophical aspects of world peoples
- Identify the major historical, economic, and political events around the globe
- Recognize the role of ethnic diversity in US life
5. Social Responsibility
- Identify and analyze individual and societal ethical issues.
- Demonstrate ethical insight and reasoning ability about contemporary issues.
- Recognize and articulate in a reasoned manner the roots and causal basis of contemporary issues.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the role of effective citizenry and community engagement in addressing social issues and the sustainability of the environment.
6. Personal and Professional Development
- Engage in thoughtful self-assessment and career exploration, including selection of an appropriate major for transfer and a satisfying career to participate more fully in a global society