By Skill Areas

  • Articulate how one’s frequent involvement in the community through service or advocacy addresses a civic problem.
  • Relate academic knowledge of social issues to one’s own participation in civic life.
  • Formulate a clear plan for future civic engagement that demonstrates a commitment to service
  • Critique and question the authority of texts, and explore the implications of those texts.
  • Use investigative and analytical thinking skills to examine alternatives, explore complex questions and solve challenging problems.
  • Evaluate the logic and validity of arguments, and the relevance of data and information.
  • Differentiate between scholarly journals and popular trade magazines.
  • Critique scholarly articles using theory and evidence.
  • Evaluate the quality of online sources when conducting research for a literature review.
  • Deliver a presentation that combines visual communication design with oral arguments and/or written word.
  • Organize presentation material in a logical manner with effective transitions between major ideas.
  • Display effective interaction skills with the audience, including appropriate eye contact and answering questions with authority and accuracy.
  • Use conventions of organization, citation, structure, and syntax appropriate to the discipline.
  • Construct a thesis statement and develop a substantial and convincing written defense of that statement.
  • Select, incorporate, and document ideas derived from a variety of sources, such as books, journals, the Internet, and interviews.
  • Critique the relative benefits and drawbacks of qualitative and quantitative research methods.
  • Synthesize multiple sources of information to solve problems.
  • Use data and concepts or theories from the field to support new findings.
  • Apply knowledge of statistical theory to choose the appropriate analysis technique.
  • Critically evaluate the merits of claims using empirical evidence from the discipline.
  • Explain how the scientific method is used to obtain new data and advance knowledge.
  • Compare and contrast the merits of different theories on effective leadership.
  • Discuss the main group processes that affect group work or team effectiveness.
  • List the characteristics of being an effective team member.