courses align with one or more of the Core Ability outcome In other words they address the same skill within the context of a specific discipline The course outcomes have been mapped for alignment w ID: 880462
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1 FAQs Core AbilitiesWhat are Core Abiliti
FAQs Core AbilitiesWhat are Core Abilities?They are broadbased general education outcomes that will prepare a student to pursue his/her chosen profession or field of study and to develop themselves as courses align with one or more of the Core Ability outcome. In other words, they address the same skill within the context of a specific discipline. The course outcomes have been mapped for alignment with the Core Ability outcomes.The courses whose learning outcomes hasignificant alignment with the Core Abilities outcomes are on the list.What do you mean by “significant alignment”?Courses that have course outcomes that align with either or both Communication Outcome 1 and 3 fulfill the requirement for that Core Ability.Courses that have course outcomes that align with either or both Thinking Outcome 1 and 2 fulfill the requirement for that Core Ability.Courses that have course outcomes that align with a
2 majority of the outcomes of Global Persp
majority of the outcomes of Global Perspective, Information Literacy and Technology, and Lifelong Learning fulfill the requirement for that Core AbilityCommunication Outcome 2 (written communication) is fulfilled by courses that meet the Written Skills Requirement in the AA or AS degree.Thinking Outcome 3 (symbolic/quantitative skills) is fulfilled by courses that meet the Symbolic/Quantitative Skills Requirement in the AA or AS degree.How many of these courses does a student need to take to fulfill the Core Abilities graduation requirement?Students need to take 8 courses.1 course to meet the Communication (oral or nonverbal skills) Core Ability1 course to meet the Thinking (critical analysis or creative problem solving) Core Ability1 course to meet the Global Perspective Core Ability1 course to meet the Information Literacy & Technology Core Ability1 course to meet the Lifelong Learning Core AbilityIn addition, t
3 here are statewide Skill Areas Requireme
here are statewide Skill Areas Requirements: Written Communication Skills and SymbolicQuantitative Skills. These substitute for the Communication (written skills) Core Ability and the Thinking (quantitative reasoning) Core Ability. Students need to take 2 courses to meet the Written Skills Requirement for the AA or AS degreeand 1 course to meet the Symbolic/Quantitative Skills Requirement for the AA or AS degree Students who are working toward associate transfer degrees already have to take distribution requirement courses. Will they have to take extra courses to meet the Core Abilities graduation requirement?In most cases, they will have to take no extra coursesor at the most, one or two. Many of the courses on the Fulfillmentof Core Abilities Graduation Requirement list are also on the Distribution Requirements list. The same course may be used to meet both the Core Ability and the Distribution requirement