TAMU Undergraduate Student Learning Outcomes

A student who graduates from Texas A&M University with a baccalaureate degree will have acquired the knowledge and skills necessary to do the following:

1. Master the depth of knowledge required for a degree, including the ability to:

- Articulate disciplinary and interdisciplinary theories, concepts, principles, skills, and practices
- Synthesize knowledge across courses and other experiences
- Apply knowledge from core curriculum courses, discipline-based courses, and other experiences in a range of contexts to solve problems and make decisions

2. Demonstrate critical thinking, including the ability to:

- Evaluate, analyze, and integrate information from a variety of sources
- Use appropriate strategies and tools to represent, analyze, and integrate information
- Develop critical, reasoned positions

3. Communicate effectively, including the ability to:

- Demonstrate effective oral communication skills (which could include the use of languages such as American Sign language for those who do not communicate orally)
- Demonstrate effective writing skills
- Demonstrate effective nonverbal communication skills (which could include appropriate use of performance, design, or representations such as maps, tables, and graphs)
- Listen actively and critically
- Present work effectively to a range of audiences
- Effectively communicate original and creative ideas

4. Practice personal and social responsibility, including the ability to:

- Practice ethical leadership
- Recognize an ethical dilemma and apply rational decision-making in order to address it
- Choose ethical courses of action in research and practice
- Acknowledge and address the consequences of one’s own actions
- Engage in local and global civic activities

5. Demonstrate social, cultural, and global competence, including the ability to:

- Live and work effectively in a diverse and global society
- Articulate the value of a diverse and global perspective
- Recognize diverse economic, political, cultural, and religious opinions and practices

6. Prepare to engage in lifelong learning, including the ability to:

- Exhibit the skills necessary to acquire, organize, reorganize, and interpret new knowledge
- Show proficiency in current technologies and the ability to adapt to emerging technologies
- Recognize and participate in activities that enhance wellness of body, mind, and spirit
- Formulate a plan of personal goals for continued professional growth
- Demonstrate intellectual curiosity

7. Work collaboratively, including the ability to:

- Participate effectively in teams
- Consider different points of view
- Work with others to support a shared purpose or goal