Student Learning Outcomes | April 2014
During fall semester 2013, the ILT identified student learning outcomes related to internationalization. The internationalization review, a campus forum, and working groups addressing specific aspects of internationalization at UMD will provide a foundation for developing these outcomes. The ILT will then develop a systematic plan to achieve these outcomes.
Knowledge
A globally engaged student graduating from UMD will be able to:
- Exhibit knowledge of current global issues, processes, trends, and systems.
- Compare and contrast academic perspectives on global issues, processes, trends, and systems.
- Interpret interconnections among global issues, processes, trends, and systems.
- Explain one’s culture in a global and comparative context, recognizing that this culture is one of many diverse cultures and that alternate perceptions and behaviors may be based in cultural differences.
- Demonstrate self-knowledge about global circumstances.
Skills
A globally engaged student graduating from UMD will be able to:
- Obtain, analyze, and evaluate information relevant to the knowledge identified above.
- Apply knowledge, diverse cultural frames of reference, and alternate perspectives to think critically and solve problems.
- Communicate effectively across cultures in written and verbal form in one’s native language and in a language of another culture.
- Take action to effect change, both individually and with a team.
- Demonstrate coping and resiliency skills in unfamiliar and challenging situations.
Attitudes
A globally engaged student graduating from UMD will be predisposed to:
- Understand cultural differences and acknowledge cultural ambiguity.
- Display curiosity and openness toward new opportunities, ideas, and ways of thinking.
- Reflect on one’s place in the world and connection with humanity.
- Engage in an ethical analysis of issues and have empathy for one’s fellow human beings.
- Contribute to the local, national and global communities in which they live.