General Education Program Student Learning Outcomes

College of Micronesia-FSM

English

Students will be able to:

• Demonstrate the various elements of the writing process, including collecting information and formulating ideas, determining relationships, arranging sentences and paragraphs, establishing transitions, and revising what has been written.
• Read accurately and critically by asking pertinent questions about a text, by asking assumptions and implications, and by evaluating ideas.
• Use the conventions of standard written English to write an organized, coherent, and effective essay.

Exercise Sport Science

Students will:

• Participate in regular physical activity for at least one semester
• Describe the value of physical activity to a healthful lifestyle.

Humanities

Students will be able to:

• Demonstrate an ability for independent thought and expression in at least one of the following five areas:
  • the arts,
  • ethical thought and moral values,
  • historical analysis,
  • language,
  • or literature.

Information Literacy

Students will be able to:

• Determine the nature and extent of the information needed and access the information effectively and efficiently.
• Evaluate information and its sources critically and use the information effectively individually or as a member of a group to accomplish a specific purpose.

Information Technology

Students will be able to:

• Demonstrate basic knowledge of computer hardware components and operating systems.
• Demonstrate basic skills in using computer applications software programs to analyze, organize, and communicate information.

Mathematics

Students will be able to:

• define mathematical concepts, calculate quantities, estimate solutions, solve problems, represent and interpret mathematical information graphically, and communicate mathematical thoughts and ideas.

Natural Science

Students will be able to:

• define and explain the concepts, principles, and theories of a field of science.
• perform experiments that gather scientific information and to utilize, interpret, and explain the results of experiments and field work in a field of science.

Social Science

Students will be able to:

• Demonstrate a basic knowledge and understanding of Micronesian history from prehistory to the present.