General
Education Reporting Matrix
Note: Only courses that meet a requirement of the MSSU core
curriculum are included in the matrix. Courses in italics partially meet the
competency, all other courses completely meet the competency. Courses in bold
are required of all students.
Institutional
Competencies
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Course(s) and Credit Hours |
Non-Course Experiences |
Associated Assessment(s) |
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Communicating
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To develop students' effective use of the English language and
quantitative and other symbolic systems essential to their success in school
and in the world. Students should be able to read and listen critically and
to write and speak with thoughtfulness, clarity, coherence, and
persuasiveness. |
A. Analyze and evaluate their
own and others' speaking and writing. |
Written ENG 101: 3 credits ENG 111: 3 credits PHYS 101: 3 credits Oral COMM 100: 3
credits SOC 110: 3
credits Written & Oral PHYS 270: 3 credits ART 110: 3 credits TH 110: 3 credits PSC 120: 3 credits |
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Academic Profile (writing, reading, critical thinking) Additional assessments are under development. They may
include portfolios of assignments and class assessments measuring the
competency or locally developed questions.
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B. Conceive of writing as a
recursive process that involves many strategies, including generating
material, evaluating sources when used, drafting, revising, and editing. |
ENG 101: 3 credits ENG 111: 3 credits ART 110: 3 credits SOC 110: 3 credits TH 110: 3 credits PSC 120: 3 credits HIST 110: 3 credits COMM 100: 3 credits
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Academic Profile (writing) |
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C. Make formal written and
oral presentations employing correct diction, syntax, usage, grammar, and
mechanics. |
Written ENG 111: 3 credits ENG 101: 3
credits SOC 110: 3 credits BIO 121: 3 credits PSC 120: 3
credits KINE 103: 3 credits CHEM 101: 3 credits Oral COMM 100: 3
credits PHYS 101: 3 credits Written & Oral PHYS 151: 3 credits PHYS 160: 3 credits ART 110: 3 credits BIO 101: 3 credits TH 110: 3 credits |
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Academic Profile (writing) |
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D. Focus on a purpose (e.g.,
explaining, problem solving, argument) and vary approaches to writing and
speaking based on that purpose. |
Written ENG 101: 3 credits ENG 111: 3 credits KINE 103: 2 credits Oral COMM 100: 3
credits Written & Oral ART 110: 3 credits TH 110: 3
credits SOC 110: 3
credits |
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Academic Profile (writing critical thinking) |
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E. Respond to the needs of different venues and
audiences and choose words for appropriateness and effect. |
ENG 101: 3 credits ENG 111: 3 credits ART 110: 3 credits TH 110: 3 credits PSC 120: 3 credits COMM 100: 3 credits PHYS 101: 5 credits |
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Additional assessments are under development. They may
include portfolios of assignments and class assessments measuring the competency
or locally developed questions. |
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F. Communicate effectively in groups by listening,
reflecting, and responding appropriately and in context. |
PHYS 100: 5 credits PHYS 101: 5 credits CHEM 101: 5 credits PHYS 151: 5 credits ART 110: 3 credits MUS 110: 3 credits TH 110: 3 credits SOC 110: 3 credits PSY 100: 3 credits KINE 103: 2 credits COMM
100: 3 credits
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Additional assessments are under development. They may
include portfolios of assignments and class assessments measuring the
competency or locally developed questions. |
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G. Use mathematical, statistical models, standard
quantitative symbols, and various graphical tactics to present information
with clarity, accuracy, and precision. |
PHYS 100: 5 credits PHYS 101: 5 credits CHEM 101: 5 credits PHYS 151: 5 credits PHYS 270: 5 credits ART 110: 3 credits TH 110: 3 credits SOC 110: 3 credits KINE 103: 2 credits COMM 100: 3 credits |
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Academic Profile (mathematics) |
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Higher-Order
Thinking
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To develop students ability to distinguish among opinions,
facts, and inferences; to identify underlying or implicit assumptions; to
make informed judgments; and to solve problems by applying evaluative
standards. |
A. Recognize the problematic
elements of presentations of information and argument and to formulate diagnostic
questions for resolving issues and solving problems. |
PHIL 201: 3 credits PHIL 212: 3 credits ECON 201: 3 credits PSC 120: 3
credits SOC 110: 3 credits PSY 100: 3 credits PHYS
151: 3 credits PHYS 270: 3 credits ENG 101: 3 credits ENG 102: 3 credits ENG 111: 3 credits KINE 103: 2 credits ART 110: 3 credits TH 110: 3 credits ECON 180: 3 credits
COMM 100: 3 credits HIST
120: 3 credits |
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Academic Profile (critical thinking, reading) |
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B. Use linguistic,
mathematical or other symbolic approaches to describe problems, identify
alternative solutions, and make reasoned choices among those solutions. |
PSC 120: 3
credits PHYS 100: 3 credits PHYS 160: 3 credits PHYS 101: 3 credits PHYS 151: 3 credits PHYS 270: 3 credits ENG 101: 3 credits ENG 102: 3 credits MATH 150: 3 credits MATH 131: 3 credits MATH 140: 3 credits MATH 130: 3 credits MATH
110: 3 credits
MATH 112: 3 credits MATH
111: 3 credits
ECON 180: 3 credits ECON 201: 3 credits TH 110: 3 credits ART 110: 3 credits SOC 110: 3 credits BIO 101: 4 credits COMM 100: 3
credits
KINE 103: 2 credits |
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Academic Profile (mathematics, critical thinking) |
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C. Analyze and synthesize
information from a variety of sources and apply the results to resolving
complex situations and problems. |
ENG 101: 3 credits ENG 102: 3 credits ENG 271: 3 credits ENG 272: 3 credits ENG 261: 3 credits ENG 262: 3 credits ENG 281: 3 credits ENG 282: 3 credits ENG 150: 3 credits ENG 305: 3 credits PHYS 100: 3 credits CHEM 101: 3 credits PHYS 151: 3 credits PSC 120: 3
credits MATH 110: 3 credits MATH 112: 3 credits MATH 111: 3 credits MATH 120: 3 credits MATH 150: 3 credits MATH 131: 3 credits MATH 140: 3 credits MATH 130: 3 credits BIO 101: 4 credits PHIL 201: 3 credits PHIL 212: 3 credits PSY 100: 3 credits SOC 110: 3 credits ART 110: 3 credits TH 110: 3 credits COMM 100: 3
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KINE 103: 2 credits |
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Academic Profile (reading, critical thinking) |
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D. Defend conclusions using
relevant evidence and reasoned argument. |
PSC 120: 3
credits KINE
103: 2 credits
PSY 100: 3 credits SOC 110: 3 credits ENG 272: 3 credits MATH 112: 3 credits MATH 120: 3 credits ENG 101: 3 credits ENG 102: 3 credits PHIL 212: 3 credits PHIL 201: 3 credits ART 110: 3 credits TH 110: 3 credits ECON 180: 3 credits ECON 201: 3 credits COMM
100: 3 credits HIST 120: 3
credits |
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Academic Profile (critical thinking, reading) |
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E.
Reflect on and evaluate their critical-thinking processes. |
PHIL 201: 3 credits PHIL 212: 3 credits PSC 120: 3
credits ART 110: 3 credits TH 110: 3 credits COMM
100: 3 credits ENG 101: 3 credits KINE 103: 2 credits |
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Academic Profile (reading, critical thinking) |
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Managing
Information
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To develop students
abilities to locate, organize, store, retrieve, evaluate, synthesize, and
annotate information from print, electronic, and other sources in preparation
for solving problems and making informed decisions. |
A. Access and/or generate information from a variety of
sources, including the most contemporary technological information services. |
COMM
100: 3 credits PSC 120: 3
credits TH 110: 3 credits ENG 102: 3 credits PHYS 151: 3 credits BIO 101: 3 credits SOC 110: 3 credits KINE 103: 2 credits |
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Academic Profile (reading, critical thinking) |
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B. Evaluate information for its currency, usefulness,
truthfulness, and accuracy. |
COMM
100: 3 credits HIST
120: 3 credits SOC 110: 3 credits ENG 102: 3 credits TH 110: 3 credits KINE 103: 2 credits |
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Additional assessments are under development. They may
include portfolios of assignments and class assessments measuring the
competency or locally developed questions. |
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C. Organize, store, and retrieve information
efficiently. |
COMM
100: 3 credits ENG 102: 3 credits ENG 111: 3 credits SOC 110: 3 credits |
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Additional assessments are under development. They may
include portfolios of assignments and class assessments measuring the
competency or locally developed questions. |
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D. Reorganize information for an intended purpose, such
as research projects. |
COMM 100: 3
credits PSC
120: 3 credits ENG 102: 3 credits SOC 110: 3 credits MUS 110: 3 credits TH 110: 3 credits KINE 103: 2 credits |
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Academic Profile (reading, critical thinking) |
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E. Present information clearly and concisely, using
traditional and contemporary technologies. |
COMM
100: 3 credits PSC 120: 3
credits TH 110: 3 credits ENG 102: 3 credits SOC 110: 3 credits PHYS 100: 3 credits BIO 101: 4 credits KINE 103: 2 credits |
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Academic Profile (reading, critical thinking, writing) |
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Valuing
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To develop students abilities to understand the moral and
ethical values of a diverse society and to understand that many courses of
action are guided by value judgments about the way things ought to be.
Students should be able to make informed decisions through identifying
personal values and the values of others and through understanding how such
values develop. They should be able to analyze the ethical implications of
choices made on the basis of these values. |
A. Compare and contrast
historical and cultural ethical perspectives and belief systems. |
BIO 101: 4 credits
HIST 110: 3 credits COMM
100: 3 credits HIST
120: 3 credits PSC 120: 3
credits ENG 150: 3 credits ENG 261: 3 credits ENG 262: 3 credits ENG 271: 3 credits ENG 272: 3 credits ENG 281: 3 credits ENG 282: 3 credits ENG 305: 3 credits PHIL 201: 3 credits PHIL 212: 3 credits ART 110: 3 credits TH 110: 3 credits PSY 100: 3 credits SOC 110: 3 credits |
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Academic Profile (reading, critical thinking) |
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B. Utilize cultural,
behavioral, and historical knowledge to clarify and articulate a personal
value system. |
HIST
110: 3 credits HIST
120: 3 credits PSC 120: 3
credits BIO 101: 4 credits
COMM
100: 3 credits PHIL 201: 3 credits PHIL 212: 3 credits ENG 150: 3 credits ENG 272: 3 credits SOC 110: 3 credits ART 110: 3 credits TH 110: 3 credits |
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Academic Profile (reading, critical thinking) |
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C. Recognize the ramifications of one's value decisions
on self and others. |
BIO 101: 3 credits COMM 100: 3
credits PSC
120: 3 credits
ENG 150: 3 credits ENG 272: 3 credits PSY 100: 3 credits SOC 110: 3 credits HIST
110: 3 credits HIST
120: 3 credits ART 110: 3 credits TH 110: 3 credits PHIL 212: 3 credits PHIL 201: 3 credits |
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Academic Profile (reading, critical thinking) |
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D. Recognize conflicts within
and between value systems and recognize and analyze ethical issues as they
arise in a variety of contexts. |
BIO 101: 3 credits PSC 120: 3
credits COMM
100: 3 credits HIST
110: 3 credits HIST
120: 3 credits ENG 305: 3 credits ENG 111: 3 credits ENG 150: 3 credits ENG 261: 3 credits ENG 262: 3 credits ENG 271: 3 credits ENG 272: 3 credits ENG 281: 3 credits ENG 282: 3 credits SOC 110: 3 credits ART 110: 3 credits TH 110: 3 credits PHIL 201: 3 credits PHIL 212: 3 credits |
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Academic Profile (critical thinking) |
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E. Consider multiple perspectives, recognize biases,
deal with ambiguity, and take a reasonable position. |
BIO 101: 3 credits ENG 111: 3 credits ENG 150: 3 credits ENG 281: 3 credits ENG 282: 3 credits COMM
100: 3 credits PHIL 201: 3 credits PHIL 212: 3 credits PSY 100: 3 credits SOC 110: 3 credits HIST
120: 3 credits ART 110: 3 credits TH 110: 3 credits PSC 120: 3
credits
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Academic Profile (critical thinking) |
Institutional
Competencies
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Course(s) |
Non-Course Experiences |
Associated Assessment(s) |
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Social & Behavior Sciences |
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To develop students understanding of
themselves and the world around them through study of content and the
processes used by historians and social and behavioral scientists to
discover, describe, explain, and predict human behavior and social systems.
Students must understand the diversities and complexities of the cultural and
social world, past and present, and come to an informed sense of self and
others. (Students must fulfill the state statute requirements for the United
States and Missouri constitutions.) |
A. Explain social institutions, structures, and
processes across a range of historical periods and cultures. |
PSC 120: 3 credits
COMM 100: 3 credits
HIST
110: 3 credits HIST
120: 3 credits PSY 100: 3 credits SOC 110: 3 credits MUS 110: 3 credits TH 110: 3 credits |
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Academic Profile (social sciences) |
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B.
Develop and communicate hypothetical explanations for individual human
behavior within the large-scale historical and social context. |
COMM
100: 3 credits HIST
120: 3 credits KINE 103: 2 credits
TH 110: 3 credits
PSY 100: 3 credits SOC 110: 3 credits PSC 120: 3 credits
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Academic Profile (social sciences) |
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C.
Draw on history and the social sciences to evaluate contemporary problems. |
COMM
100: 3 credits HIST
110: 3 credits HIST
120: 3 credits KINE 103: 2 credits
PSC 120: 3 credits PSY 100: 3 credits SOC 110: 3 credits TH 110: 3 credits |
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Academic Profile (social sciences) |
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D. Describe and analytically compare social, cultural,
and historical settings and processes other than one s own. |
COMM
100: 3 credits HIST
110: 3 credits HIST
120: 3 credits MUS 110: 3 credits TH 110: 3 credits PSY 100: 3
credits SOC
110: 3 credits
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Academic Profile (social sciences) |
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E. Articulate the interconnectedness of people and
places around the globe. |
PSC 120: 3
credits COMM
100: 3 credits HIST
110: 3 credits HIST
120: 3 credits PSY 100: 3 credits SOC 110: 3 credits TH 110: 3 credits
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Additional assessments are under development. They may
include portfolios of assignments and class assessments measuring the
competency or locally developed questions. |
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