Undergraduate Learning Aims

Intellectual Excellence

• Students will develop a passion for intellectual curiosity and a habit of intellectual inquiry.
• Students will develop and maintain habits of academic honesty and integrity.
• Students will understand the interconnectedness of speech-language pathology and audiology coursework and the relationship of this coursework to other disciplines.

Critical Understanding: Thinking, Reading, and Analyzing

• Students will critically evaluate new information utilizing prior knowledge and sound evidence.
• Students will analyze and solve problems of both theoretical and applied natures, using logical reasoning and appropriate sources of information.
• Students will be able to research a topic using both printed and electronic sources, with an appreciation of the advantages and limitations of information technology.

Eloquentia Perfecta

• Students will use speech and writing effectively, logically, clearly, persuasively, and responsibly.
• Students will use appropriate writing styles, including research and professional writing, for different audiences.
• Students will understand communication variables including the needs, values, preferred mode of communication, and cultural/linguistic background of the listener.

Leadership

• Students will be willing to act as an agent for positive change, informed by a sense of responsibility to the larger community, utilizing strengths and capabilities for the common good.

Faith and Mission/ Promotion of Justice

• Students will respect the dignity and value of all humans and will promote justice for all individuals through a commitment to those who are disadvantaged or marginalized particularly because of issues with communication.
• Students will think about, write about, and talk about others using “person first” language, focusing on the individual as a person first with other characteristics, including disabilities, as secondary identifiers.

Diversity

• Students will be knowledgeable of, sensitive toward, and respectful of, communication differences due to race, gender, ethnicity, national origin, culture, sexual orientation, religion, age, and/or disabilities.
• Students will appreciate the multiplicity of viewpoints in theory and practice within speech-language pathology and audiology.

Wellness

• Students will utilize time productively and responsibly.
• Students will develop as whole people, with attention to intellectual, physical, emotional well being.