Mission and Student Learning Outcomes

Freshman and Transfer Colloquium Courses

1. After completing an ILS Introductory Colloquium, students will be able to articulate, in writing, the characteristics and benefits of a liberal arts approach to higher education and will be able to compare and contrast the liberal arts model with other models of higher education delivery.
2. After completing an ILS Introductory Colloquium, students will be able to demonstrate familiarity with the policies, procedures, and practices at UNC Asheville that have been designed to support students as they enter the university.
3. After completing an ILS Introductory Colloquium, students will have developed positive relationships with peers, faculty members, and other university personnel (administration, staff).

ILS Topical Clusters

1. As a result of completing an ILS topical cluster, students should be able to effectively display knowledge of multiple disciplines by identifying the different theoretical concepts and frameworks in the disciplines in their cluster.
2. As a result of completing an ILS topical cluster, students should be able to effectively display knowledge of how multiple disciplines address shared concepts reflecting the cluster theme.
3. As a result of completing an ILS topical cluster, students should be able to develop an understanding of multidisciplinary perspectives within the context of individual cluster courses.

Diversity Intensive Courses 

1. Students understand the socially constructed nature of identities.
2. Students understand the significance of individuals’ differing relationships to power.
3. Students understand how individuals, organizations, and institutions create, perpetuate, or challenge inequality.
4. Students understand how multiple identities intersect.
5. Students are better equipped to reevaluate their ideas about diversity and difference.

Information Literacy Intensive Courses

1. Find information presented in different formats (for example, in books, scholarly journals, and authoritative web sites).
2. Evaluate information presented in different formats.
3. Integrate information from different sources into their assignments.
4. Cite information from different formats as appropriate to the discipline in which they are writing.
5. Demonstrate academic integrity by respecting intellectual property, using information ethically, and avoiding plagiarizing. 

Quantitative Intensive Courses

1. As a result of completing the ILS quantitative program, students should be able to comprehend and use quantitative analysis methods (sometimes called numerical literacy) in the examination of real-world issues applied to a specific discipline.

Writing Intensive Courses

1. Students will understand the importance of various genres of writing in their respective disciplines, including both formal and informal modes of written discourse.
2. Students will understand the purpose and the process of revision in writing projects.
3. Students will be able to articulate a coherent thesis or purpose in their writing and support it with evidence and argumentation appropriate to a given discipline or audience.
4. Students’ writing will demonstrate the conventions and tone appropriate for its given purpose.

• University Mission Statement
• University Student Learning Outcomes