Mission and Student Learning Outcomes

Misson

The Arts & Ideas Program, as an integral component of the Integrative Liberal Studies (ILS) Curriculum, provides students with an intellectual engagement with the arts while also fostering opportunities for creative and aesthetic interactions. ILS Arts courses examine the significance of the arts in the human experience, the cultural framework of creative composition and performance, the foundations of aesthetic values, and the communicative function of the arts.

Student Learning Outcomes

A student who completes 3.0 credits of ILSA will be able to do the following:

Articulate the value of the arts studied and their impact on the self and others

Recognize cultural, historical, spiritual, and/or political aspects of the arts studied

Define and articulate the concepts, methods, and organizing principles of the arts studied

Ideally all ILSA courses would strive to produce these outcomes, as well as fulfill additional outcomes specific to individual ILSA course topics.

• University Mission Statement
• University Student Learning Outcomes