Program Learning Outcomes

• Be competent in field specific knowledge and experience.
• Have appropriate skills in the laboratory and carrying on research.
• Be able to communicate and present scientific information.

• Understand and apply a broad range of chemical principles from organic, analytical, and physical chemistry.
• Successfully design an experimental approach to a scientific problem.
• Demonstrate proficiency and independence in basic laboratory skills.
• Competently communicate scientific information both orally and in writing.

• Communication and marketing communication students will learn about our discipline:
  • Describe the communication discipline and its central questions
  • Understand communication theories, perspective, principles, and concepts
• Students will gain experience in the practice of our discipline
  • Create messages appropriate to the audience purpose, and context
  • Use discipline-appropriate methods of inquiry to critically analyze messages and their impact
• Students will come to understand the power of our discipline to affect others
  • Apply ethical communication principles and practices
  • Articulate and recognize individual and cultural differences

• Technology Integration: Students will be able to combine necessary theories, software programs, and operating systems to address real-world issues.
• Information Technology: Students will be able to understand and utilize current development tools to build revised or new platforms for future application.
• Analytical/Critical Thinking: Students will be able to analyze, understand, and modify an existing framework and to propose a new strategy within the given constraints.

• Critical Thinking in Criminology and Criminal Justice
• Develop Field-Specific Knowledge of Contemporary Criminal Justice Issues and Practice
• Develop Professional Communication Skills Relevant to Criminology and Criminal Justice Fields
• Reflect on Identity, Values and Ethical Issues inherent in the criminal justice practices and policies 

• Thinking Critically and/or creatively
• Reading closely and analytically
• Acquiring effective information literacy and synthesis skills
• Writing with rhetorical effectiveness
• Demonstrating mastery of advanced listening and oral expression skills

• Develop Critical Perspective and Thinking

By placing the experiences of racial and ethnic groups at the center of inquiry, you will gain a critical understanding of how members of these groups have significantly shaped American society through the struggle for social justice as well as through historical, artistic, social, and economic contributions.

•    Analyze Power Structures through an Intersectional Lens

You will learn how a variety of social identities intersect with one another to create structures of oppression and privilege.

•   Encourage Civic Engagement

Co-curricular learning on campus and in the surrounding communities will provide you with the means and opportunities to become allies with and advocate for those who suffer from the effects of social injustice.  

•   Build Leadership Skills Useful for an Increasingly Diverse Society

Through the coursework and experiential learning in racially and ethnically diverse communities, you will develop a pluralistic perspective and the cultural dexterity to help you become leaders in an increasingly global society. More importantly, you will learn how to use diversity as a resource in reaching organizational goals.    

• Demonstrate understanding of scientific concepts, principles, and methods used in the study of exercise science.
• Use an array of technologies to support inquiry and professional practice.
• Demonstrate an ability to integrate and apply knowledge and skills of exercise science through experiential learning opportunities.
• Design methodological approaches to collect and interpret relevant data as an exercise scientist.

• Develop, pre-produce, produce, post-produce, and distribute a short film or television episode using industry standard practices and techniques.
  • Develop and write short and feature-length scripts for film and television productions using industry-standard practices and techniques.
  • Produce, post-produce, and distribute a short film or television production using industry standard practices and techniques.
• Articulate and demonstrate an understanding of the history of U.S. and world cinema and of the theories and critical modes of cinema.
  • Articulate and demonstrate an understanding of the history of U.S. and world cinema, in relation to representative filmmakers, film styles, film movements, film industries, and film genres.
  • Articulate and demonstrate an understanding of the theories and critical modes of cinema, in relation to film theory, film styles, film movements, film genres, cultural ideologies, feminism, postmodernism, and race theory using film terminology and standard English in written and oral presentations.

• Students will develop the ability to carry out interdisciplinary research in Global Studies that is informed by theories of global and international studies; by coursework focused on particular geographic and thematic areas; by research methods; and by the experience of study away from campus. Students will demonstrate a high level of competence in writing and oral presentation through the major.
• Students will develop an understanding of the relational nature of global processes.
• Students will develop an understanding of the ongoing changes associated with contemporary globalization as products of historical processes.
• Students will develop the ability to situate local processes in the context of ongoing global flows of capital, labor, images, identities, ideas, technologies of violence, diseases. Students will understand how popular struggles for economic and social justice both contest and reconstitute configurations of global power embodied in supranational institutions of global governance.
• Students will develop the ability to interrogate the dominant disciplinary, political and cultural categories used to frame global processes.
• Students will learn how to identify the larger system which they are rooted, utilizing critical theoretical and methodological approaches from Global Studies.

A. Skills in Breadth:

1. The History Department emphasizes the ability to engage with, analyze, and write about primary sources, in both global contexts and within particular fields of history (e.g. American, European, Asian, Latin American).

2. The History Department emphasizes the ability to engage with, analyze, and write about secondary sources, in both global contexts and within particular fields of history (i.e. American, European, Asian, Latin American).

B. Skills in Depth

3. The History Department emphasizes the ability to engage deeply and critically with primary sources in fields and subfields of history, analyzing in detail their meaning and historical significance.

4. The History Department emphasizes the ability to engage deeply and critically with secondary sources in fields and subfields of history, analyzing their historiographical significance and how historical research changes over time.

C. Competency

5. The History Department emphasizes the ability to produce a publishable work

D. Methodologies

6. The History Department emphasizes an understanding of the process of writing in the discipline of history through the use of a scaffolded writing process.

7. The History Department emphasizes a comprehension of and ability to deploy major historiographical theories.

8. The History Department emphasizes a comprehension of and ability to engage with major trends in historiography of particular fields or subfields.

9. The History Department emphasizes a familiarity with various categories of and methodological approaches to the study of history (familiarity with categories of history (e.g. cultural, social, political, military, economic, microhistory)

Currently Developing

• Communicate data, express opinions, and negotiate meaning in professional, social, and academic contexts. (Written and Oral Communication).
• Articulate a rich understanding of their own linguistic and cultural identities and how each connects to a variety of multilingual and multicultural situation. (Cross-cultural Competency, Identity, and Values)
• Contextualize, compare, and interpret content in the target language based on a deep understanding of history, cultural practices, and ideologies. (Creative and Critical Thinking, Cross-cultural Competency, Information Literacy) 
• Develop a critical framework for investigating questions grounded in the connection between languages, cultures, and the communities they represent. (Information Literacy).

• TPE 1: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning. Students will use a variety of instructional principles and approaches such as UDL and linguistic scaffolding to assure the active and equitable participation of all students and to promote engagement of all students within general education environments using the principles of Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS).
• TPE 2: Creating and Maintaining Effective Environments for Student Learning. Students will use a variety of strategies and approaches to create and maintain a supportive learning environment for all students, including the principles of positive behavior intervention and support processes, restorative justice and conflict resolution practices, and they implement these practices as appropriate to the developmental levels of students to provide a safe and caring classroom climate.
• TPE 3: Understanding and Organizing Subject Matter for Student Learning Content Specific Pedagogy. Students will develop expertise in specific disciplinary areas to create and evaluate instruction that aligns with California State Standards. They will also employ teaching theories and practices to enhance literacy, academic language, and comprehension in core subjects. Furthermore, students will adapt various resources and technology, including assistive tools, to ensure all students have equal access to the curriculum.
• TPE 4: Planning Instruction and Designing Learning Experiences for All Students. Students will plan, design, implement and monitor instruction, making effective use of instructional time to maximize learning opportunities and provide access to the curriculum for all students by removing barriers and providing access through the use of multiple foundational pedagogical strategies.
• TPE 5: Assessing Student Learning. Students will develop, implement, and use a range of effective classroom assessments to inform and improve instructional design and practice. Students will use multiple measures to make an informed judgment about what a student knows and is able to do. Students learn how to analyze data to inform instructional design, self- reflect, reteach, provide resources, and accurately document student academic and developmental progress.
• TPE 6: Developing as a Professional Educator. Students will reflect on and improve their practice through collaborative inquiry, observation feedback and their own performance data. Students will become familiar with issues of diversity equity, inclusion and justice within the structures and contexts of public education, including state, district, and school governance; curriculum and standards development; testing and assessment systems; and basic school finance.

• Understand and use mathematics and mathematical reasoning as a way of thinking and as a means for framing ideas.
• Comprehend the basic ideas and applications of mathematics.
• Communicate mathematically.
• Use appropriate technology to analyze, resolve, and understand mathematical issues.
• Possess the self-confidence and enthusiasm to learn mathematics.

Acquire knowledge of a significant body of philosophical literature.

Gain practice in exploring the questions, methods, and approaches of philosophy.

Acquire skill in balanced argument and in critical and reflective thought.

• Field Specific Knowledge in the Discipline.
  • Demonstrate an understanding of the fundamental concepts of physics.
  • Demonstrate application of the laws of physics.
• Instrumentation and Laboratory Skills.
  • Demonstrate competency in using basic experimental technologies.
  • Exhibit basic experimental instrumentation technique, including experimental or device design.
  • Troubleshooting scientific and technical instrumentation.
• Mathematical and Computational Modeling.
  • Demonstrate an ability to use a broad range of mathematical and statistical tools to solve problems in science and engineering.
  • Demonstrate competency in learning and using industry-standard computational design, analysis, and simulation software.
  • Demonstrate competency in documenting the results obtained for a computation or design.
• Data Analytics.
  • Demonstrate competency in analyzing data, including with statistical and uncertainty analysis.
  • Demonstrate competency in distinguishing between models.
  • Demonstrate ability to present results with appropriate tables and charts.
• Communication Skills.
  • Demonstrate ability to present scientific results and concepts through detailed written reports.
  • Demonstrate ability to present scientific results and concepts through formal oral presentations.
• Professional and Workplace Skills.
  • Demonstrate familiarity with basic professional standards, including the job search process.
  • Demonstrate understanding of workplace concepts, including problem solving, communication, management, working effectively with others, and dealing with constraints.

• Analyze the relationship between ethics and politics.
• Evaluate politics through individual powers of inquiry and critical thought.
• Understand a breadth of knowledge about the world and its diversity.
• Apply theories of politics to the practice of everyday life.
• Understand at least one primary research method appropriate to the study of politics.
• Create an original project that explores a selected area of investigation to the broader study of politics.

• Field Specific Knowledge.
• Empirical and Critical Thinking.
• Application of Psychology.
• Communication Skills.
• Cultural Competency.

• Students will be able to engage in personal reflection on questions of religion, identity, and vocation; and engage in respectful encounters with diverse points of view.
• Students will be able speak and write clearly and knowledgeably about religious communities, actions, and texts in their contexts.
• Students will be able to analyze complex cultural aspects of religion and assess their impact on public life.
• Students who do research in Religion and Theology will effectively employ critical methodologies appropriate to the subject matter.
• Students in Theology and Christian Leadership will be able to articulate their own skills, leadership style, and plan for development as a result of completing an internship and the seminar in Vocation and Leadership.

• "Sociological Imagination": Students will be able to show their comprehension of C. Wright Mills’ conceptualization of the sociological imagination by being able to use it to think creatively and critically about sociological topics as demonstrated in oral and/or written course activities.
• "Sociological Theories": Students will be able to show their comprehension of the sociological theories, classical and/or contemporary, by being able to think creatively and critically about questions of sociological theory, as demonstrated in oral and/or written course activities.
• "Consumption of Research": Students will be able to show their information literacy and their abilities to comprehend and evaluate scholarly research publications, as demonstrated in oral and/or written course activities.
• "Production of Research": Students will be able to design and carry out one or more aspects of a research study while holding to professional standards of research ethics, as demonstrated in oral and/or written course activities.
• "Social Power Dynamics": Students will be able to show their comprehension of the dynamics of power and privilege in the creation, maintenance and/or transformation of social inequalities, as demonstrated in oral and/or written course activities.
• "Application to Social Problems": Students will be able to apply their understanding of social power dynamics to understanding and/or solving one or more particular social problems, as demonstrated in oral and/or written course activities. Before graduation, students will be able to explore their future career options through internship and develop an action plan to bring change to an organization or a community they research on.

• Theatre as an Art Form.
  • Able to escribe the origins of theatrical arts, theatre’s subsequent history of performance, and application of design and technology, the dramatic literature and theory upon which theatre is based, and the influence of theatre upon societies throughout the world.
• Theatre Craft Competencies.
  • Able to explain and demonstrate the basic principles and techniques of acting, directing, and design/technical theatre as applied to the production of theatre.
•  The Creative Process.
  • Ability to communicate aesthetics through artistic expression. Extensive experience of bringing productions to life.

• Accounting and Financial Analysis students will learn about our discipline, so that by the time they graduate they will be able to:
  • Carry out the steps involved and calculations required in foundational accounting, tax, auditing, and financial statement analysis.
  • Demonstrate strong financial acumen (including in-depth knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles) and digital analytics literacy.
  • Practice principled leadership and demonstrate the capacity for creative and critical thinking in matters related to Accounting and Financial Analysis. 
• Accounting and Financial Analysis students will gain experience in the practice of our discipline, so that by the time they graduate they will be able to:
  • Plan, organize, analyze and effectively communicate financial statement information and analysis required within the discipline.
  • Use discipline-appropriate methods to both create, and analyze, data and materials relevant to the accounting process. 
  • Support managerial decision-making through the application of commonly-accepted frameworks used by accounting and financial analysis professionals.
• Accounting and Financial Analysis students will come to understand the power of our discipline to affect others, so that by the time they graduate they will be able to:
  • Apply ethical principles and practices used in the Accounting profession. This includes, but is not limited to, the principles and methods used in completing a financial statement audit.   
  • Recognize and articulate individual and cultural differences and their relation to the accounting discipline.

• Synthesize and apply core business knowledge to real-world situations
• Develop agile analytical skills to support problem-solving and decision-making
• Develop rigorous quantitative skills to analyze increasingly complex and voluminous business data
• Learn to communicate effectively both through oral and written communications;
• Examine and address contemporary challenges in business such as globalization, social and environmental responsibility, AI and big data;
• Develop leadership as well as listening skills in order to participate effectively in teamwork

• Strategic Communication students will learn about our discipline, so that by the time they graduate they will be able to:
  •  Describe the communication discipline and its central questions
  • Understand communication theories, perspectives, principles, and concepts
• Strategic Communication students will gain experience in the practice of our discipline, so that by the time they graduate they will be able to:
  • Create messages appropriate to the audience, purpose, and context
  • Use discipline-appropriate methods of inquiry to critically analyze messages and their impact      
• Strategic Communication students will come to understand the power of our discipline to affect others, so that by the time they graduate they will be able to:
  • Apply ethical communication principles and practices        
  • Articulate and recognize individual and cultural differences

Criminology and Justice Studies Knowledge. Students will be able to: 

•  Demonstrate knowledge of historical and contemporary concepts, theories, and ideologies underlying criminological and justice-based practices and policies. 
•  Analyze and evaluate historical and contemporary criminological and justice-based issues and practices based on knowledge of criminology, justice, criminal justice, and social justice history, theory, and practice.

Application of Criminology and Justice Studies. Students will be able to:

•  Apply criminological and justice-based knowledge in classroom and experiential learning contexts. 
• Analyze individual and societal issues from a criminological and justice perspective.

Critical Thinking and Scientific Inquiry. Students will be able to:

•  Utilize critical thinking skills to examine and evaluate criminological and justice arguments, principles, and evidence.
•  Employ research and critical thinking skills to conduct criminological and justice studies research and how to use that research to affect social change.  

Communication. Students will be able to:

• Effectively write about criminological and justice theories, concepts, observations, and research findings. 
• Create and deliver presentations pertaining to the field of Criminology and Justice Studies that are well organized, supported, clear and engaging. 

Diversity, Values, and Justice. Students will be able to:

• Demonstrate an understanding of how diversity influences criminological and justice processes, criminal behavior, and victimization.
• Apply knowledge of intersectionality in the criminal justice system to understand the experiences of diverse groups and individuals domestically and internationally.

• Examine and develop students' personal strengths and leadership competencies
• Apply leadership theories and practices to real world challenges in organizational contexts.
•  Design frameworks and models to assess and recognize organizational performance.
•  Develop and assess strategies for collaborating in diverse groups and organizations
•  Critique ethical frameworks and criteria used in decision making and leadership practices.

Psychological Knowledge. Students will:

•  Demonstrate a fundamental understanding of the major concepts, theoretical perspectives, and empirical research findings within psychology
•  Acquire and employ knowledge of ethical principles across psychological research and/or professional settings

Application of Psychology. Students will:

•  Apply psychological concepts and theories to real-world contexts
• Analyze individual and societal phenomena from a psychological perspective

Critical Thinking and Scientific Inquiry. Students will:

•    Utilize critical thinking skills to examine and evaluate psychological arguments, principles, and evidence
•  Employ scientific inquiry skills to conceptualize, design, and produce psychological research and/or intervention plans

Communication. Students will:

•   Effectively convey psychological concepts, observations, and research findings through written formats that are appropriate for the intended audience
• Clearly articulate psychological principles in oral formats that are suitable for the intended recipients

Cultural Diversity Competence. Students will:

•  Demonstrate an understanding of how cultural diversity influences psychological processes and behavior
•  Apply knowledge of cultural diversity to facilitate favorable social interactions with diverse individuals

1. Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning
2. Creating and Maintaining Effective Environments for Student Learning
3. Understanding and Organizing Subject Matter for Student Learning Content Specific Pedagogy
4. Planning Instruction and Designing Learning Experiences for All Students
5. Assessing Student Learning
6. Developing as a Professional Educator
7. Effective Literacy Instruction for All Students

• Compare historical, philosophical, and social contexts of education
• Facilitate the success of all students
• Enhance learning-centered practices across an educational organization
• Implement effective leadership practices
• Lead with intercultural maturity
• Use research to inform practice
• Lead in a moral and ethical way
• Lead with care and collaboration

Counselor Education program graduates will be able to: 

1. Design, implement, and evaluate standards-driven, comprehensive counseling and guidance programs in K-12 schools that are needs based (PPS). Design, implement, and evaluate comprehensive counseling and guidance programs in colleges and universities that are needs based (CSP).
2. Consult and collaborate with teachers, parents, and other professionals in order to support student success.
3. Advise students about their educational plans. 
4. Advise students about their career plans. 
5. Counsel students individually about their personal and social development through a multicultural and pluralistic lens.
6. Counsel students in groups about their personal/social and/or academic development through a multicultural and pluralistic lens.
7. Understand factors contributing to and methods and programs for supporting student retention and success. 
8. Serve as an advocate for equity, inclusion, and social justice.

• Theory and Application: Understand and apply systems theory and other theoretical models to inform case conceptualization and intervention skills.
• Professional Standards: Understand and employ standards of professionalism, ethics, and law in the provision of clinical services.
• Diversity and Cultural Competence: Demonstrate understanding of diversity and cultural competence.
• Assessment and Diagnostics: Demonstrate assessment and diagnostic skills.
• Intervention: Demonstrate intervention skills with individuals, couples, families, and groups.

Field Specific Knowledge – MSCP students will develop a familiarity with the major, contemporary, evidence-based approaches for clinical interventions.  MSCP students will become familiar with the most common advanced quantitative methods in clinical. Students will be able to:

  1. Demonstrate knowledge of theory and empirical evidence for contemporary psychotherapeutic interventions across multiple settings and populations.

  2. Demonstrate knowledge of the theory and application of advanced quantitative methods including regression and mixed-effect models to improve the operation of systems of health or for the purpose of experimentation.

Clinical Skills – Students will be able to:

  1. Conduct diagnostic interviewing,

  2. Demonstrated an understanding of the development and maintenance of psychopathology,

  3. Develop behavioral treatment plans for a variety of psychological disorders

  4. Demonstrated a familiarity with ethical considerations for the practice of clinical psychology

  5. Demonstrate (orally and written) cultural competencies related to the understanding and practice of topics in clinical psychology

Research Skills – Student will be able to:

  1. Demonstrate an understanding of experimental design

  2. Demonstrated an ability to understand and conduct measurements of reliability and validity for psychometric testing

  3. Conduct thorough and systematic literature reviews

  4. Demonstrate (orally and written) cultural competencies related to experimental design

Specialized Clinical Skills – Students will be able to:

  1. Demonstrate the ability to conduct advanced methods of behavioral assessment

  2. Demonstrate the ability conduct advanced behavioral techniques including treatment planning

  3. Demonstrate (orally and written) cultural competencies related to the application of advanced clinical techniques

Specialized Research Skills – Students will be able to:

  1. Demonstrate an understanding of the theory underlying linear modeling

  2. Demonstrate the application of advanced statistical modeling and exploratory design as applied to a variety of clinical, non-clinical, and demographic populations

  3. Demonstrate an understanding of the cultural context surrounding the application of statistical models and research methods.

• Foundational Knowledge of Accounting.
• Strategic Evaluation of Accounting Data.
• Communication of Operational Data.
• Compliance and Regulatory Requirements of the Accounting Profession.

• Business Knowledge
  • Knowledge of foundational areas, ability to apply appropriate principles and perform quantitative/ qualitative analysis.
• Business Competencies
  • Ability to apply knowledge of business concepts in an integrated manner for assessment of corporate strategies.
• Professional Readiness
  • Ability to demonstrate professional behavior, solve problems and understand corporate responsibilities.

• Knowledge Specific to Economics.
• Business Competencies.

• Sports Industry Competency.
• Stakeholder Engagement Skills.

• Fundamentals: Demonstrate knowledge of fundamental business concepts and tools, as well as ability to relate and apply theoretical concepts into practical situations both within and across business disciplines.
• DEI and Global Environment: Understand impact of the global environment and importance of various aspects of diversity, equity, and inclusion on organizational effectiveness.
• Quantitative and Qualitative Tools: Appropriately use quantitative and qualitative methods and tools to identify and analyze business problems.

• DEI and Global Environment: Understand the global environment and various aspect of diversity, equity, and inclusion, recognizing their importance to organizational effectiveness, and the ability to successfully operate in a global context.
• Technology and Innovation.
• Data and Analytics.
• Cybersecurity Strategy and Defense.

• Individual Competencies.
• DEI and Global Environment: Understand international aspects of the economy.
• Economic Reasoning: Understand major theoretical constructs in economics.
• Financial Reasoning and Risk Management.