EGI: Dignity, Ethics, and a Just Society Learning Outcomes

Students who complete this course will be able to:

• Analyze the cultural-institutional conditions and causes of just and unjust social systems using such concepts as social location, relationships, power, privilege, and vulnerability

• Apply such ethical concepts as human dignity, equity, well-being justice, and the common good to critically evaluate both existing social systems and proposals for social change

• Envision and articulate systemic social changes and other ways to promote flourishing, well-being, equity, justice, and the dignity of the human person

University Core Learning Outcomes

Equity and Global Identities: Global Interdependence courses must be directed toward achievement of their Core component learning outcomes in order to introduce, develop, and achieve the relevant Core SLOs connected to this course in the overall Core design.

• SLO 1: All SLU Graduates will be able to examine their actions and vocations in dialogue with the Catholic, Jesuit tradition. 

  • Dignity, Ethics, and a Just Society courses must introduce students to ways in which they can examine their actions and vocations in dialogue with the Catholic, Jesuit tradition.

• SLO 3: All SLU graduates will be able to assess evidence and draw reasoned conclusions.

  • Dignity, Ethics, and a Just Society courses must introduce students to ways in which they will be able to assess evidence and draw reasoned conclusions.

• SLO 7: All SLU graduates will be able to evaluate the extent to which social systems influence equity and reflect innate human dignity. 

  • Dignity, Ethics, and a Just Society courses must introduce students to and enable students to develop and achieve the ability to evaluate the extent to which social systems influence equity and reflect innate human dignity.

NOTES

• The key concepts of human dignity, well-being, and justice are intended to gloss three broad, multifaceted dimensions that have relevance for social evaluation; moreover, the use of the key concepts is not meant to preclude the use of additional concepts.

• Courses with this attribute may include a range of justice-oriented courses in a variety of disciplines, including professional and applied ethics courses (e.g., health care ethics, computer ethics).

• Any course in the University Core or in a major program of study is eligible to be approved as carrying this attribute except for: Ignite Seminar; Cura Personalis 1, 2, and 3; Eloquentia Perfecta 1; Eloquentia Perfecta 2.