Student Learning Outcomes

Auburn University’s Student Learning Outcomes

The eleven Student Learning Outcomes represent the academic skills and principles we want our students to know and/or be able to do as they progress towards completing their educational goals. Auburn University believes that attainment of the following Student Learning Outcomes provides students with the necessary knowledge, values, skills, and experiences necessary to become competitive in a global society. Click here to see the full list of Student Learning Outcomes and Measures.

Click on an outcome to see the Core Courses that align.

SLO1: Students will be information literate.

ENGL1120 or 1127 English Composition II* (3 hrs)

SLO2: Students will be able to read analytically and critically.

ENGL 2200 or 2207 World Literature I (3 hrs)
ENGL 2210 or 2217 World Literature II (3 hrs)
ENGL 2230 Survey of British Literature I (3 hrs)
ENGL 2240 Survey of British Literature II (3 hrs)
ENGL 2250 Survey of American Literature I (3 hrs)
ENGL 2260 Survey of American Literature II (3 hrs)
HONR 1017 Honors Technology and Culture II* (3 hrs)
HONR 1027 Sustainability and the Modern World I* (3 hrs)
HONR 1037 Sustainability and the Modern World II* (3 hrs)
PHIL 1010 or 1017 Introduction to Logic* (3 hrs)
PHIL 1020 or 1027 Introduction to Ethics* (3 hrs)
PHIL 1030 or 1037 Ethics and the Health Sciences* (3 hrs)
PHIL 1040 Business Ethics* (3 hrs)
PHIL 1050 Introduction to Political Philosophy* (3 hrs)
PHIL 1060 Philosophy East and West* (3 hrs)
PHIL 1070 Art, Value, and Society* (3 hrs)
PHIL 1080 Introduction to Philosophy of Religion* (3 hrs)
PHIL 1090 Philosophy of Race and Gender* (3 hrs)
PHIL 1100 Introduction to Philosophy* (3 hrs)

SLO3: Students will be able to critique and construct an argument effectively.

HONR 1007 Honors Technology and Culture I* (3 hrs)
HONR 1027 Sustainability and the Modern World I* (3 hrs)
HONR 1037 Sustainability and the Modern World II* (3 hrs)
PHIL 1010 or 1017 Introduction to Logic* (3 hrs)
PHIL 1020 or 1027 Introduction to Ethics* (3 hrs)
PHIL 1030 or 1037 Ethics and the Health Sciences* (3 hrs)
PHIL 1040 Business Ethics* (3 hrs)
PHIL 1050 Introduction to Political Philosophy* (3 hrs)
PHIL 1060 Philosophy East and West* (3 hrs)
PHIL 1070 Art, Value, and Society* (3 hrs)
PHIL 1080 Introduction to Philosophy of Religion*(3 hrs)
PHIL1090 Philosophy of Race and Gender* (3 hrs)
PHIL 1100 Introduction to Philosophy* (3 hrs)

SLO4: Students will be able to apply simple mathematical methods to the solution of real-world problems.

SLO5: Students will be able to select and use techniques and methods to solve open-ended, ill-defined or multi-step problems.

MATH 1100 Finite Math and Applications* (3 hrs)
MATH 1120 Pre-Calculus Algebra* (3 hrs)
MATH 1130 Pre-Calculus Trigonometry* (3 hrs)
MATH 1150 Pre-Calculus Algebra and Trigonometry* (4 hrs)
MATH1610 or 1617 Calculus I* (4 hrs)
MATH 1680 Calculus with Business Applications I* (4 hrs)

SLO6: Students will be able to write effectively.

ENGL 1100 or 1107 English Composition I (3 hrs)
ENGL 1120 or 1127 English Composition II* (3 hrs)

SLO7: Students will demonstrate effective oral communication skills.**

COMM 1000 Public Speaking (3 hrs)

SLO8: Students will be informed and engaged citizens of the United States and the world.

ECON 2030 or 2037 Principles of Macroeconomics (3 hrs)
HIST 1010 or 1017 World History I* (3 hrs)
HIST 1020 or 1027 World History II* (3 hrs)
HIST 1210 or 1217 Technology and Civilization I (3 hrs)
HIST 1220 or 1227 Technology and Civilization II (3 hrs)
HONR 1007 Technology and Culture I* (3 hrs)
HONR 1017 Technology and Culture II* (3 hrs)
HONR 1027 Sustainability and the Modern World I (3 hrs)
HONR 1037 Sustainability and the Modern World II (3 hrs)
POLI 1050 or 1057 Global Politics and Issues (3 hrs)
POLI 1090 or 1097 Amer. Government in a Multicultural World (3 hrs)
UNIV 2710 or HONR 2717 Human Odyssey I* (3 hrs)
UNIV 2720 or HONR 2727 Human Odyssey II* (3 hrs)

SLO9: Students will understand and appreciate the diversity of and within societies of the United States and the world.

ANTH 1000 or 1007 Introduction to Anthropology (3 hrs)
FLGC 1150 Global Fluency and Awareness (3 hrs)
GEOG 1010 or 1017 Global Geography (3 hrs)
HIST 1010 or 1017 World History I* (3 hrs)
HIST 1020 or 1027 World History II* (3 hrs)
HIST 1210 or 1217 Technology and Civilization* (3 hrs)
HIST 1220 or 1227 Technology and Civilization* (3 hrs)
PSYC 2010 or 2017 Introduction to Psychology (3 hrs)
SOCY 1000 or 1007 Sociology Global Perspective (3 hrs)
UNIV 2710 or HONR 2717 Human Odyssey I* (3 hrs)
UNIV 2710 or HONR 2727 Human Odyssey II* (3hrs)

SLO10: Students will understand and appreciate methods and issues of science and technology.

BIOL1000 & 1010 Introduction to Biology & A Survey of Life (4 hrs each)
BIOL1020 or 1027 & 1030 or 1037 Principles of Biology & Organismal Biology (4 hrs each)
CHEM 1010+1011 & 1020+1021 Survey of Chemistry I & II (4 hrs each)
CHEM 1030+1031 &1040+1041 Fundamentals of Chemistry I & II (4 hrs each)
CHEM 1110+1111 or 1117+1118 & 1120+1121 or 1127+1128 General Chemistry I & II (4 hours each)
GEOL 1100 & 1110 Physical Geology & Historical Geology (4 hrs each)
PHYS 1000 Foundations of Physics (4 hrs)
PHYS 1150 Astronomy (4 hrs)
PHYS 1500 &1510 General Physics I & II (4 hrs each)
PHYS 1600 or 1607 &1610 or 1617 Engineering Physics I & II (4 hrs each)
SCMH 1010 or 1017 Concepts of Science (4 hrs)

SLO11: Students will understand and appreciate the arts and aesthetics as ways of knowing and engaging with the world.

ARCH 2600 The Art of Architecture, Place, and Culture (3 hrs)
ARTS 1710 or 1717 Introduction to Art History I (3 hrs)
ARTS 1720 or 1727 Introduction to Art History II (3 hrs)
ARTS 1730 or 1737 Introduction to Art History III (3 hrs)
MUSI 2730 or 2737 Appreciation of Music (3 hrs)
RTVF 2350 Introduction to Film Studies (3 hrs)
THEA 2010 or 2017 Introduction to Theater (3 hrs)

* Course focuses on more than one General Education Outcome.
** For some students, the Oral Communication Outcome is addressed in one or more courses
in the major rather than in the Core Curriculum.

Most of the Student Learning Outcomes will be introduced in the Core Curriculum and developed to higher levels of competency within the major and are reinforced by co-curricular experiences.