Exit-Level Competencies

Exit-competencies address the core competencies students should have mastered upon completion of a beginning general education course. A prioritized set of 13 courses was used to develop competencies from across the disciplines. This list was generated based on the foundational nature of courses and/or the preponderance of freshman enrollment. Future work will include development of additional exit-level competencies for other beginning general education courses, in accordance with the mandate of Senate Bill 389. These competencies represent the finalized versions, presented to, and approved by, the Coordinating Board for Higher Education at the June 12, 2008 board meeting.

Included are competencies for the following areas:

Arts and Humanities

• Introduction to Philosophy
• Introduction to Theatre

English and Communication

• Freshman Compositions Sequence
• Introduction to Communication

Foreign Languages

• First Semester Foreign Language

Mathematics

• College Algebra

Science

• General Geology
• Introductory Astronomy
• Introduction to Biology
• Introduction to Chemistry

Social Sciences

• American Government
• Introduction to Psychology
• U.S. History to/from 1877